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the die is cast
" By the time a person has achieved years adequate for choosing a direction, the die is cast and the moment has long since passed which determined the future."
Zelda Fitzgerald

Meaning of "the die is cast" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF THE DIE IS CAST

the die is cast


WHAT DOES THE DIE IS CAST MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Alea iacta est

Alea iacta est is a Latin phrase attributed by Suetonius to Julius Caesar on January 10, 49 BC as he led his army across the River Rubicon in Northern Italy. With this step, he entered Italy at the head of his army in defiance of the Senate and began his long civil war against Pompey and the Optimates. The phrase is still used today in Italy to mean that events have passed a point of no return, that something inevitably will happen.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE THE DIE IS CAST

the Dergue · the deuce · the devil take the hindmost · the devil to pay · the devil! · the devil´s own · the Devonian · the Diggers · the dingbats · the Directory · the discus · the dismal science · the Dispersion · the distance · the Ditch · the divine · the divinity · the Dog Star · the dogs · the doldrums

WORDS THAT END LIKE THE DIE IS CAST

Aircast · be cast · broadcast · cast · die-cast · endocranial cast · forecast · multicast · newscast · outcast · overcast · plaster cast · podcast · precast · recast · stone cast · stone´s cast · telecast · weather forecast · webcast

Synonyms and antonyms of the die is cast in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «the die is cast» into 25 languages

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The translations of the die is cast from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «the die is cast» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

成炊
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

la suerte está echada
570 millions of speakers
en

English

the die is cast
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

मर डाली है
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

يلقي يموت
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

Жребий брошен
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

a sorte está lançada
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

ডাই নিক্ষেপ করা হয়
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

le sort en est jeté
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Mati dibuang
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

die Würfel sind gefallen
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

ダイは、キャストされ
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

다이 캐스팅
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Wong mati padha dibuwang
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

chết được đúc
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

இறந்தவர் நடிக்கிறார்
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

मरणार आहे
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

Kalıp dökülür
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

il dado è tratto
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

Matryca odlewa
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

Жереб кинуто
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

mor este turnat
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ο κύβος ερρίφθη
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

die dobbelsteen gegooi
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

tärningen är kastad
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

terningen er støpt
5 millions of speakers

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Zelda Fitzgerald
By the time a person has achieved years adequate for choosing a direction, the die is cast and the moment has long since passed which determined the future.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «THE DIE IS CAST»

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The Die Is Cast: Caroline Bergvall and Nick Thurston
Caroline Bergvall is a French-Norwegian writer and multi-disciplinary poet based in London. Nick Thurston is a conceptual writer and artist who, since 2006, has served as Co-Editor at information as material.
Caroline Bergvall, information as material, Nick Thurston, 2010
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Early American Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases
D174 The Die is cast [The following is a selection from 90 occurrences of the phrase] 1765 Watts Letter Book 407: The Die is thrown & we must hope the best. 1768 Eliot Letters 430: Jacta est alea. We must wait the event. 1773 JAdams in ...
Bartlett Jere Whiting, 1977
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Introduction to Psychology: Gateways to Mind and Behavior
The predominant feeling is that the die is cast and that former decisions can be lived with. Those who have families begin to appreciate their children as individuals and ease up on their tendency to extend their own goals to their children's ...
Dennis Coon, John Mitterer, 2006
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Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Allusions
As Plutarch put it in his Lives: Using the proverb frequently in their mouths who enter upon dangerous and bold attempts, "The die is cast," he took the river. Shakespeare used the phrase also in Richard m, (1592) in Act 4, Scene 4: "I have set ...
Elizabeth Webber, Mike Feinsilber, 1999
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The Politics of Proverbs: From Traditional Wisdom to ...
305) Anyhow, the die is cast. (vol. 2, p. 431 ) The Die is Cast (vol. 3, p. 514, in chap, headnote) I did not know that the die had already been cast by Japan or how far the President's [Roosevelt's] resolves had gone. (vol. 3, p. 532) But the die ...
Wolfgang Mieder, 1997
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An Etymological Dictionary of Modern English
The die is cast is after L. jacta est alea, ascribed to Caesar on crossing the Rubicon. dies irae. Opening words of L. hymu ascrihed to Thomas of Celano (c. 1z5o). dies non n For dies non juridicus, day not counting for legal purposes. diat1.
Ernest Weekley, 1967
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Complete Casting Handbook: Metal Casting Processes, ...
For low-pressure and gravity die castings the die is cast iron or steel but is protected by a ceramic die coat. The thickness of the coating is not easily controlled, thus limiting accuracy. The dies are also often subject to gross distortion partly ...
John Campbell, 2011
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Psychology: A Modular Approach to Mind and Behavior
The predominant feeling is that the die is cast and that former decisions can be lived with. Those who have families begin to appreciate their children as individuals and ease up on their tendency to extend their own goals to their children's ...
Dennis Coon, 2005
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Changing Is Not Vanishing: A Collection of American Indian ...
If evening comes with softened ray To close the eye of dying day; If morning ushers in the morrow With dew-drops sprinkled on its way, 'Tis all the same: a voice is whispering from the Past— “Too late! too late! the doom is set, the die is cast!
Robert Dale Parker, 2011
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The Metaphysics of Science: An Account of Modern Science in ...
Thus the probability of a particular die's turning up an ace being 1/6 is a property of the situation in which the die is cast, and is not dependent on our knowledge of that situation. But is this so? Let us say that the die is cast and turns up a five.
Craig Dilworth, 2007

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «THE DIE IS CAST»

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'Die is cast' for Jean-Claude Juncker to take the EU's top job as …
... a confidential report, seen by The Telegraph of talks that took place last Wednesday. "Short of a complete U-turn by the Chancellor, the die is cast in Berlin." ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jun 14»
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