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But love, like the sun that it is, sets afire and melts everything. what greed and privilege to build up over whole centuries the indignation of a pious spirit, with its natural following of oppressed souls, will cast down with a single shove.
Jose Marti

Meaning of "cast down" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF CAST DOWN

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CAST DOWN

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Cast down is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb cast down in English.

WHAT DOES CAST DOWN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of cast down in the English dictionary

The definition of cast down in the dictionary is to make discouraged or dejected.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO CAST DOWN

PRESENT

Present
I cast down
you cast down
he/she/it casts down
we cast down
you cast down
they cast down
Present continuous
I am casting down
you are casting down
he/she/it is casting down
we are casting down
you are casting down
they are casting down
Present perfect
I have cast down
you have cast down
he/she/it has cast down
we have cast down
you have cast down
they have cast down
Present perfect continuous
I have been casting down
you have been casting down
he/she/it has been casting down
we have been casting down
you have been casting down
they have been casting down
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I cast down
you cast down
he/she/it cast down
we cast down
you cast down
they cast down
Past continuous
I was casting down
you were casting down
he/she/it was casting down
we were casting down
you were casting down
they were casting down
Past perfect
I had cast down
you had cast down
he/she/it had cast down
we had cast down
you had cast down
they had cast down
Past perfect continuous
I had been casting down
you had been casting down
he/she/it had been casting down
we had been casting down
you had been casting down
they had been casting down
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will cast down
you will cast down
he/she/it will cast down
we will cast down
you will cast down
they will cast down
Future continuous
I will be casting down
you will be casting down
he/she/it will be casting down
we will be casting down
you will be casting down
they will be casting down
Future perfect
I will have cast down
you will have cast down
he/she/it will have cast down
we will have cast down
you will have cast down
they will have cast down
Future perfect continuous
I will have been casting down
you will have been casting down
he/she/it will have been casting down
we will have been casting down
you will have been casting down
they will have been casting down
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would cast down
you would cast down
he/she/it would cast down
we would cast down
you would cast down
they would cast down
Conditional continuous
I would be casting down
you would be casting down
he/she/it would be casting down
we would be casting down
you would be casting down
they would be casting down
Conditional perfect
I would have cast down
you would have cast down
he/she/it would have cast down
we would have cast down
you would have cast down
they would have cast down
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been casting down
you would have been casting down
he/she/it would have been casting down
we would have been casting down
you would have been casting down
they would have been casting down
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you cast down
we let´s cast down
you cast down
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to cast down
Past participle
cast down
Present Participle
casting down
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CAST DOWN

cast
cast a stone at
cast about
cast anchor
cast back
cast in one´s lot with
cast iron
cast on
cast one´s bread upon the waters
cast out
cast steel
cast stone
cast up
cast-iron
cast-off
castability
castable
Castalia
Castalian
castanets

WORDS THAT END LIKE CAST DOWN

back down
break down
bring the house down
cut down
down
get down
go down
hands down
hold down
lay down
put down
ride down
sit down
step down
take down
turn down
up and down
upside down
when the chips are down
wind down
write down

Synonyms and antonyms of cast down in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «cast down» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CAST DOWN

Find out the translation of cast down to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of cast down from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «cast down» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

垂下
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

derribar
570 millions of speakers

English

cast down
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

नीचे डाली
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ألقى
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

низвержен
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

abatida
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

নিক্ষেপ করা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

abattre
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Melemparkan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

niederwerfen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

下に向ける
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

다운 캐스팅
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Matak mudhun
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

ném xuống
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கீழே தள்ளுங்கள்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

खाली टाक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

devirmek
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

gettato giù
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

zrzucony
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

скинений
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

arunca în jos
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ρίχνει κάτω
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

neergewerp
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

kastade ner
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

kastet ned
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of cast down

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CAST DOWN»

The term «cast down» is normally little used and occupies the 110.451 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CAST DOWN» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «cast down» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «cast down» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about cast down

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2 QUOTES WITH «CAST DOWN»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word cast down.
1
Jose Marti
But love, like the sun that it is, sets afire and melts everything. what greed and privilege to build up over whole centuries the indignation of a pious spirit, with its natural following of oppressed souls, will cast down with a single shove.
2
Emanuel Swedenborg
In the Christian world... it is believed that angels were created at the beginning, and that heaven was formed of them; and that the Devil or Satan was an angel of light, who, becoming rebellions, was cast down with his crew, and that this was the origin of hell.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CAST DOWN»

Discover the use of cast down in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to cast down and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Cast Down But Not Forsaken
"Spiritual warfare.
Evangelist Sarann Cato
2
Cast Down But Not Destroyed - One Woman's Story of ...
" - Dr. Samantha Phillips This book is indispensable reading for anyone who wants to overcome the scars of past hurts and live life above the norm.
Samantha Phillips, 2012
3
The red dragon cast down: a redemptive response to the ...
When a person fails to receive proper love and support, the door is opened for cults and the occult to provide for those needs. This book shows how Christians have the power to affect both the natural and spiritual worlds.
E. James Wilder, James E. Wilder, 1999
4
Cast down the stars
When the lands of the villagers are threatened by nomadic barbarian tribes, Glory, a starcaster, finds that she needs more than scientific knowledge to make a decision that will affect the people that she loves most.
McClure Jones, 1978
5
Cast down, but not forsaken!
'kjse €□'&□'< ...^6- ,„_ CAST DOWN, BUT* NOT FORSAKEN! A S E B-M O 1ST » KxrTK3s»» m jit IHltp'is Cfmrel, (jC&arlestonJ December 15th, 1-861, BEING THR SIJNDA? AFTER THE GREAT FIHB. BY REV. W. B. W. EGWE, ASRISTAJtT ...
6
African-American Social and Political Thought: 1850-1920
The answer from the friendly vessel at once came back: "Cast down your bucket where you are." A second time the signal, "Water, water; send us water! ” ran up from the distressed vessel, and was answered: "Cast down your bucket where ...
Howard Brotz, 2011
7
A Concordance to the Canonical Books of the Old and New ...
Peal. 89. 44. and cast his throne down to the ground 102. 10. for thou hast lifted me up, and cast me down Prov. 7. 26. For she hath cast down many wounded Im. 28. 2. shall cast down to the earth with the hand Jar. 6. 15. I visit them they shall ...
‎1859
8
The New York choralist: a new and copious collection of ...
E. HO'VE, Jrb . ' '_*7 :5—5' F Why art thou cast down, 0 my soul t why art thou distwi - eted with - in Why art thou cast down, 0 my soul ! And why art thou disqui - eted, Why art thou cast down, 0 my # \ Why art thou cast down, 0 my soul! And why ...
Thomas Hastings, William B. Bradbury, 1847
9
Hymns and Poems, doctrinal and experimental
Cast down beneath my sins, enormous sum l ,' A load that none could bear but God the Son. 3 Cast down but not destroy'd—Christ took the cup, And hore the- wrath of God, and drank it up; The sin of all the world of God's elect; 'Twas Jesus  ...
Daniel HERBERT (of Sudbury.), 1815
10
The Englishman's Hebrew and Chaldee Concordance of the Old ...
«Ae hath cast down many wounded: Isa. 34: 17. he hath cast the lot for them, 37: ".and I will cause him to fall by the sword Jer. 15: 8. 1 have caused (him) to fall upon it 19: Land I will cause them to fall 22: 7. and cast (them) into the fire. Eze.
George V. Wigram, 1866

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CAST DOWN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term cast down is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Arsonists Continue Ramadan Terror in Jerusalem
“But she was plucked up in fury, she was cast down to the ground, and the east wind dried her fruit; her strong rods were broken and withered, ... «Breaking Israel News, Jul 15»
2
Concerning the Supreme Court, This Is The Most Vital
"I watched until the thrones were cast down and the Ancient of Days was seated, whose garment was white as snow, and the hair of His head ... «Charisma News, Jul 15»
3
'True Detective' Episode 3 Finally Has Us Chasing Clues
Matt: From the blue mystique of the opening spotlight cast down on a Conway Twitty impersonator singing "The Rose" and Ray's Lynchian ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
4
The good parts of Jurassic World
When it came down to it, they never felt like excess baggage, dragging the rest of the cast down and endangering them. They successfully ... «Geek Snack, Jul 15»
5
What Parents Can Learn from 'Inside Out' About Children's Emotions
Like the Psalmist, we can learn to say, "Why, my soul, are you cast down: Why do you groan within me? Wait for God; I will yet thank Him, For ... «Charisma News, Jul 15»
6
Seeing and Believing: Recognizing Christ amid Social Inequalities
His face is present to me in the faces of the poor and needy in my community–the ones I drive past with my eyes cast down. And most of all, ... «Patheos, Jul 15»
7
Heritage and Hokum in Rebel Banner Row
How it pains me to see that flag cast down in the dirt as an emblem of dishonor. This is wrong, my friends. For that flag represents heritage, not ... «CounterPunch, Jul 15»
8
The pope's portrait in condoms? The Catholic church has seen worse
John Paul II was a far more popular pope than Benedict but an Italian artist still felt free to portray him cast down by a bizarre act of God. «The Guardian, Jun 15»
9
Come for the ad, stay for the history lesson
The ad celebrates graduates from an Avondale Negro School with a quote from Booker T. Washington (“Cast down your bucket where you ... «Duke Today, Jun 15»
10
Dissolving America
... flag that once stood for God's merciful covenant but now mocks the idea of ordered creation itself -- should be cast down into the dust. «American Thinker, Jun 15»

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