casting

• (General American) enPR: kăstʹĭng, IPA^(key): /ˈkæstɪŋ/
• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: kästʹĭng, IPA^(key): /ˈkɑːstɪŋ/
• (Northern England) IPA^(key): /ˈkastɪŋ/
• (New York City) IPA^(key): /ˈkɛəstɪŋ/

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• Rhymes: -ɑːstɪŋ
• Hyphenation: cast‧ing

From Middle English castynge, castand, equivalent to cast +‎ -ing.

casting

1. present participle and gerund of cast

From Middle English castyng, castinge, equivalent to cast +‎ -ing.

casting (countable and uncountable, plural castings)

1. The act or process of selecting actors, singers, dancers, models, etc.

   Synonym: audition

2. A manufacturing process using a mold.
3. (countable) An object made in a mold.
   • 1944 November and December, A Former Pupil, “Some Memories of Crewe Works—II”, in Railway Magazine, page 343:

     The practice of casting steel seems the most difficult of all the foundry arts, for despite every care, a percentage of the work is liable to be faulty and disappointing, but at Crewe, generally, a very good class of casting was turned out.

4. (falconry) The regurgitation of fur, feathers, and other undigestible material by hawks, to clean and empty their crops.
   • 1820, [Walter Scott], chapter IV, in The Abbot. […], volume I, Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne & Co.] for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, […]; and for Archibald Constable and Company, and John Ballantyne, […], →OCLC, page 83:

     “What, ho! sir knave,” exclaimed Roland, “is it thus you feed the eyasse with unwashed meat, as if you were gorging the foul brancher of a worthless hoodie-crow, by the mass? and thou hast neglected its castings also for these two days. […]”

5. The excreta of an earthworm or similar creature.
6. (programming) The act of converting between data types.
7. (hunting) Of hounds, the act of spreading out and searching for a scent.
   • 1886, Peter Christen Asbj&oslash￵rnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 77:

     "The dogs were no sooner let loose, than the hare was afoot. This time there was no stopping or casting, but the hounds were soon in full cry, and after half-an-hour's run, the hare came dancing down the moor towards me."

• actings

Ultimately from English casting.

• IPA^(key): /kas̺tin/ [kas̺.t̪ĩn]
• Rhymes: -as̺tin, -in
• Hyphenation: cas‧ting

casting inan

1. casting (process of selecting actors)

• “casting”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]

Borrowed from English casting.

• IPA^(key): /kas.tiŋ/

casting m (plural castings)

1. casting (selection of actors)

• “casting”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Unadapted borrowing from English casting.

casting m (invariable)

1. casting (selection of actors)

• kasting

Unadapted borrowing from English casting.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkas.tiŋk/

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• Rhymes: -astiŋk
• Syllabification: cas‧ting

casting m inan (related adjective castingowy)

1. audition, casting (performance, by an aspiring performer, to demonstrate suitability or talent)

   Synonym: przesłuchanie

• “casting”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “casting”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)

Borrowed from English casting.

casting n (uncountable)

1. casting

• cásting (nonstandard)
• castin

Unadapted borrowing from English casting.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkastin/ [ˈkas.t̪ĩn]
• Rhymes: -astin

casting m (plural castings)

1. casting

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.

• “casting”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025