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Because when you watch U.S. television, all the presenters and reporters, they're all out of central casting.
Diane Abbott

Meaning of "central casting" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF CENTRAL CASTING

central casting  [ˈsɛntrəl ˈkɑːstɪŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CENTRAL CASTING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Central casting is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES CENTRAL CASTING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Central Casting

Central Casting is a casting company located in Burbank, California, United States. They currently specialize in casting extras, body doubles, and stand-ins.

Definition of central casting in the English dictionary

The definition of central casting in the dictionary is a nominal casting agency that delivers stereotypes to films or, figuratively, to real life situations.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CENTRAL CASTING


blasting
ˈblɑːstɪŋ
broadcasting
ˈbrɔːdkɑːstɪŋ
bursting
ˈbɜːstɪŋ
casting
ˈkɑːstɪŋ
die-casting
ˈdaɪˌkɑːstɪŋ
everlasting
ˌɛvəˈlɑːstɪŋ
exhausting
ɪɡˈzɔːstɪŋ
fasting
ˈfɑːstɪŋ
handfasting
ˈhændˌfɑːstɪŋ
lasting
ˈlɑːstɪŋ
linecasting
ˈlaɪnˌkɑːstɪŋ
long-lasting
ˌlɒŋˈlɑːstɪŋ
mobcasting
ˈmɒbˌkɑːstɪŋ
nowcasting
ˈnaʊˌkɑːstɪŋ
podcasting
ˈpɒdˌkɑːstɪŋ
sand-casting
ˈsændˌkɑːstɪŋ
sandblasting
ˈsændˌblɑːstɪŋ
surfcasting
ˈsɜːfˌkɑːstɪŋ
typecasting
ˈtaɪpˌkɑːstɪŋ
vodcasting
ˈvɒdˌkɑːstɪŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CENTRAL CASTING

central angle
Central Asia
Central Asian
central bank
Central Bedfordshire
Central Committee
Central Daylight Time
Central Europe
Central European
Central European Time
central government
central heating
Central India Agency
Central Intelligence Agency
Central Karoo
Central Karroo
central limit theorem
central locking
central locking device
central nervous system

WORDS THAT END LIKE CENTRAL CASTING

accounting
boasting
contrasting
costing
disgusting
existing
frosting
harvesting
interesting
listing
nesting
pasting
posting
pre-existing
resting
sting
tasting
testing
trusting
twisting
wasting

Synonyms and antonyms of central casting in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «central casting» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CENTRAL CASTING

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

Translator English - Chinese

中央铸造
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

central Casting
570 millions of speakers

English

central casting
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

केंद्रीय कास्टिंग
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الصب المركزي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

центральный литье
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Central Casting
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

কেন্দ্রীয় ঢালাই
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

coulée centrale
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pemutus pusat
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Central Casting
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

中央キャスティング
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

중앙 캐스팅
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pusat casting
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đúc trung tâm
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மத்திய வார்ப்பு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

केंद्रीय कास्टिंग
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Merkezi döküm
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

colata centrale
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

centralny odlewania
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

центральний лиття
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

turnare centrală
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κεντρική χύτευση
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

sentrale beslissende
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

centrala gjutning
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

sentrale casting
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of central casting

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CENTRAL CASTING»

The term «central casting» is regularly used and occupies the 89.204 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CENTRAL CASTING» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about central casting

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QUOTES WITH «CENTRAL CASTING»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word central casting.
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Diane Abbott
Because when you watch U.S. television, all the presenters and reporters, they're all out of central casting.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CENTRAL CASTING»

Discover the use of central casting in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to central casting and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Senator from Central Casting: The Rise, Fall, and ...
Presents a biography of Senator Thomas J. Dodd, who was censured by the Senate in 1967 for spending campaign money on personal expenses and looks at how the Senator's financial impropriety can be reconciled with the personality of the ...
David E. Koskoff, 2011
2
The Story of Hollywood: An Illustrated History
Below: The switchboard operators at Central Casting, 1937. Bottom: Casting directors worked in front of a board with the names of a few lucky extras. Opposite top: An open casting call on a Hollywood soundstage. Opposite bottom: Extras wait ...
Gregory Paul Williams, 2005
3
Film Actors Organize: Union Formation Efforts in America, ...
Plans to rem- edy conditions of employment for thousands of extras in film work were announced on December 11, 1925, by the Motion Picture Producers Association when it unveiled the formation of the Central Casting Corporation. Fred W.
Kerry Segrave, 2009
4
Los Angeles Magazine
with it, but Central Casting remains Hollywood's primary source of casual labor, supplying nearly 90 percent of the TV market, according to the company and as many as half of all features. Its name has also evolved into something of a banality ...
5
Hollywood Unknowns: A History of Extras, Bit Players, and ...
Effectively, Central Casting was operating a closed shop. Rules and regulations still did not deter persistent would-be extras. In the lower hallway of the Central Casting building women, who apparently had nothing else to do or who lived ...
Anthony Slide, 2012
6
The New Historical Dictionary of the American Film Industry
Picture Studios of California. ̄ The Moving Picture World, March 10, 1917, pp. 1601¥2. CENTRAL CASTING CORPORATION. Following a study by the Russell Sage Foundation,the majorHollywood producers comprising theAssociation of ...
Anthony Slide, 2014
7
Extras of Early Hollywood: A History of the Crowd, 1913-1945
In the New York Times much the same story was repeated, with the addition that it was said that Central Casting would establish “conditions that will make employment desirable and clean up and eliminate the misfit."6 After spending two ...
Kerry Segrave, 2013
8
A/V A to Z: An Encyclopedic Dictionary of Media, ...
Now owned by Entertainment Part- ners of Burbank, California. The EP Web site is www.entertainment partners.com. During its tenure under studio control, Central Casting was given the exclusive right to provide extras to the major Hollywood ...
Richard W. Kroon, 2014
9
Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office
... a foot plate comprising a central casting having a ball socket in its upper surface and a recess in its lower surface, two substantially equal wings or plates pivoted to the central casting in such manner as to expand when pressed against the ...
10
Managing Television News: A Handbook for Ethical and ...
The most extensive use of central casting is in the Sinclair Broadcast Group, as detailed inthe accompanying box, “Central Casting.” When central castingis fully implemented at all Sinclair stations the company expects tocut itslocal news costs  ...
B. William Silcock, Don Heider, Mary T. Rogus, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CENTRAL CASTING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term central casting is used in the context of the following news items.
1
One-on-One: Hillary and Bernie
Sanders definitely does not look like someone Central Casting decided "looked like presidents should look." Mitt Romney was probably the ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
2
What is Syriza? The answer's more complicated than you think
... a series of high-level jousting matches between Syriza's celebrities, Angela Merkel and some EU and IMF bureaucrats from central casting. «New Statesman, Jul 15»
3
Setting the odds (Part II)
Marco Rubio (2-1): If Obama was cut from central casting for the Democrats in 2008, Rubio is cut from central casting for the Republicans in ... «Arkansas Online, Jul 15»
4
Karlovy Vary Journal: Richard Gere, Mel Gibson, Tony 'Zero …
I ask Revolori if he is worried about finding roles, since his is not exactly a look out of central casting. He rises slightly out of his armchair and ... «TheWrap, Jul 15»
5
Cord Cutters, The 'Scream' TV Series Is Here, And You Can Stream …
... by a literal stab to the gut, then the stories need to be much more compelling and the performers much less central casting bland,” he adds. «The Inquisitr, Jul 15»
6
'Dollface' Slasher Sequel Will Get A Fall Release, Poster Drops
... interrupted by a literal stab to the gut, then the stories need to be much more compelling and the performers much less central casting bland.”. «The Inquisitr, Jul 15»
7
To defeat Islamic State, arm the Kurds, retired general says
... seeing Green Berets from the 5th Special Forces Group (who have a long relationship with the Kurds) who were “right out of central casting.”. «TBO.com, Jul 15»
8
The Kentucky Gubernatorial Derby
... Jack Conway and Republican/TeaPer (and Mitch McConnell primary challenger) Matt Bevins are candidates straight out of central casting. «Pleasanton Weekly, Jul 15»
9
A.B. Stoddard: Clinton's feeling the Bern
... cut down Clinton's shot at her dream in 2008 - he was the walk-on-water candidate from central casting. Sanders, with his often too-liberated ... «The Hill, Jul 15»
10
Awesome New 'Sicario' Posters Enter
Offering a grainy, almost comic-book colour pallet and design, the new one-sheets showcase the central casting trio of Emily Blunt, Josh Brolin ... «Filmoria, Jul 15»

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