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Certainly, I look for different characters 'cause I always like to keep people guessing, and I also don't like to get typecast.
Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje

Meaning of "typecast" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF TYPECAST

typecast  [ˈtaɪpˌkɑːst] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TYPECAST

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Typecast 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 typecast in English.

WHAT DOES TYPECAST MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of typecast in the English dictionary

The definition of typecast in the dictionary is to cast in the same kind of role continually, esp because of his physical appearance or previous success in such roles.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO TYPECAST

PRESENT

Present
I typecast
you typecast
he/she/it typecasts
we typecast
you typecast
they typecast
Present continuous
I am typecasting
you are typecasting
he/she/it is typecasting
we are typecasting
you are typecasting
they are typecasting
Present perfect
I have typecast
you have typecast
he/she/it has typecast
we have typecast
you have typecast
they have typecast
Present perfect continuous
I have been typecasting
you have been typecasting
he/she/it has been typecasting
we have been typecasting
you have been typecasting
they have been typecasting
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 typecast
you typecast
he/she/it typecast
we typecast
you typecast
they typecast
Past continuous
I was typecasting
you were typecasting
he/she/it was typecasting
we were typecasting
you were typecasting
they were typecasting
Past perfect
I had typecast
you had typecast
he/she/it had typecast
we had typecast
you had typecast
they had typecast
Past perfect continuous
I had been typecasting
you had been typecasting
he/she/it had been typecasting
we had been typecasting
you had been typecasting
they had been typecasting
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

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

CONDITIONAL

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

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you typecast
we let´s typecast
you typecast
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to typecast
Past participle
typecast
Present Participle
typecasting
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 RHYME WITH TYPECAST


broadcast
ˈbrɔːdˌkɑːst
cablecast
ˈkeɪbəlˌkɑːst
downcast
ˈdaʊnˌkɑːst
forecast
ˈfɔːˌkɑːst
multicast
ˈmʌltɪˌkɑːst
newscast
ˈnjuːzˌkɑːst
nowcast
ˈnaʊˌkɑːst
outcast
ˈaʊtˌkɑːst
overcast
ˈəʊvəˌkɑːst
podcast
ˈpɒdˌkɑːst
precast
ˈpriːˌkɑːst
roughcast
ˈrʌfˌkɑːst
simulcast
ˈsɪməlˌkɑːst
sportscast
ˈspɔːtsˌkɑːst
subcaste
ˈsʌbˌkɑːst
telecast
ˈtɛlɪˌkɑːst
upcast
ˈʌpˌkɑːst
vodcast
ˈvɒdˌkɑːst
weathercast
ˈweðərˌkɑːst
webcast
ˈwɛbˌkɑːst

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TYPECAST

type founder
type founding
type foundry
type I error
type II error
type metal
type specimen
type-high
typebar
typecase
typecaster
typecasting
typeface
typescript
typeset
typesetter
typesetting
typewrite
typewriter
typewriting

WORDS THAT END LIKE TYPECAST

Aircast
be cast
cast
die-cast
miscast
molecast
opencast
outside broadcast
plaster cast
radio broadcast
rebroadcast
recast
sales forecast
sand-cast
shipping forecast
stone cast
stonecast
television broadcast
the die is cast
weather forecast

Synonyms and antonyms of typecast in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «typecast» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TYPECAST

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

Translator English - Chinese

类型转换
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

encasillado
570 millions of speakers

English

typecast
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

समान किरदार
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

التلبيس
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

приведение
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

estereotipado
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

typecast
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

catalogué
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Typecast
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

typecast
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

型キャスト
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

캐스트
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Typecast
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

thợ đúc chư
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வகைப்படுத்துவது
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

टाईपकास्ट
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

typecasting
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

typecast
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

typecast
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

приведення
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

typecast
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

typecast
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

typeren
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

typecast
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

typecast
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of typecast

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TYPECAST»

The term «typecast» is quite widely used and occupies the 50.727 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TYPECAST» OVER TIME

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

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10 QUOTES WITH «TYPECAST»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word typecast.
1
Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje
Certainly, I look for different characters 'cause I always like to keep people guessing, and I also don't like to get typecast.
2
Colin Baker
If you turn down work because you are frightened of getting typecast, you'll never do anything good.
3
Charisma Carpenter
When I was first starting out, and I was less established, I was really concerned about being typecast.
4
Jennifer Carpenter
In school I was always being cast as the clown. And then I did 'The Exorcism of Emily Rose,' and once people hear you scream, they can't un-hear it. But I don't mean to say that I've been typecast, either.
5
Ryan Cartwright
I'd like to talk in my own accent, but then there's that thing about getting typecast as, 'The British guy.' The role that makes you, that's normally what you're cast as forever more. Like, if I did a huge film with my British accent, that would be that.
6
Eugene Cernan
People try to typecast astronauts as heroic and superhuman. We're only human beings.
7
Elisha Cuthbert
I do try and stay away from the stereotype and getting typecast.
8
Elisha Cuthbert
I don't ever want to be doing the same sort of thing, I never want to be typecast, because I have way too much to give to be sort of, to always be the hot chick in the movie.
9
Tommy Davidson
I do so many roles, I can't be typecast.
10
Alden Ehrenreich
I haven't worked enough to worry about getting typecast, but I do as a film lover didn't want to be working with the bad guys. I didn't want to be making a movie I thought was contributing to a lower base of movies that I just didn't think were helping people, really.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TYPECAST»

Discover the use of typecast in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to typecast and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Breaking the Typecast: Revising Roles for Coordinating Mixed ...
This research will benefit both the artificial intelligence agent and robotics communities.
Matthew T. Long, 2007
2
Inside Delphi 2006
The value of the Byte variable after the implicit typecast is 232. Assigning a Double value to an integer variable also results in a compiler error because integer variables cannot hold real numbers. When you have to assign a real value to an ...
Ivan Hladni
3
Typecast: Amazing People Overcoming the Chronic Disease of ...
We can't pretend it isn't there, but it isn't all diabetes all the time. These stories remind us that success isn't just what you accomplish, but what you overcome.
Andrew Deutscher, 2013
4
Typecast
Turning aside a promising career as a top model, Katie's fourteen-year-old sister, Jewel, decides she wants to be like Katie--even though she doesn't know the first thing about acting
Kristi Andrews, 1988
5
Psychology for Screenwriters
Movie and television stars often complain about being “typecast.” When an actor's persona or screen image becomes strongly associated with his identity as an actor, audiences and filmmakers become unwilling to see this actor in a different ...
William Indick, 2004
6
C Programming Absolute Beginner's Guide
The following converts age to a float value of 6.0: (float)age; If you were using age in an expression with other floats, you should typecast age to float to maintain consistency in the expression. cally occur if you mix data types, you'll have fewer ...
Greg Perry, Dean Miller, 2013
7
Typecast by Booker Woodman
Typecast by Booker Woodman is book one in a series, followed at this time by book two Re-cast, and book three Cast-off.
Michael J. Kerwood, 2012
8
Typecasting: On the Arts and Sciences of Human Inequality
Typecasting chronicles the emergence of the "science of first impression" and reveals how the work of its creators—early social scientists—continues to shape how we see the world and to inform our most fundamental and unconscious ...
Stuart Ewen, Elizabeth Ewen, 2011
9
Microsoft Visual C# 2005 Unleashed
Note that one of the basic reasons for an interface is that it provides one common type to which you can typecast a variety of object instances. For example, you might have 10 different object hierarchies that consist of Predators, Omnivores, ...
Kevin Scott Hoffman, 2006
10
Typecast (Horse)
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.
Eldon A. Mainyu, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TYPECAST»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term typecast is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Only weak actors scared of being typecast: Gulshan Grover
Typecast as a villain, actor Gulshan Grover earned the name “Bad Man” for numerous villainous roles in the 1980s and 1990s but was never worried about ... «The Indian Express, Aug 15»
2
Jamie Bell is glad he's not been typecast as a dancer
Facebook · Twitter · Google · Email. Jamie Bell. Jamie Bell thinks he was saved from being typecast because there are so few films about male dancers. «Belfast Telegraph, Jul 15»
3
Happy I am not getting typecast in Bollywood: Rajkumar Rao
In his five-year-long career, Rajkumar Rao has managed to stay away from repetitive roles and the actor is thankful to his filmmakers, who have always offered ... «The Hindu, Jun 15»
4
'OITNB' Actress Taryn Manning Says She Is Often 'Typecast,' Rarely …
"I've definitely been stereotyped, typecast [and] put in a box," Manning told hosts Roy Sekoff and Marc Lamont Hill. "It's one of those things that in my 20s, I used ... «Huffington Post, May 15»
5
I don't mind getting typecast: Aju Varghese
Aju has picked up similar roles in his upcoming films as well, but he doesn't seem to be bothered about getting typecast. Says Aju, "I haven't got tired of playing ... «Times of India, Mar 15»
6
Radhika Apte Says "Getting Typecast" is Her Biggest Fear
Radhika Apte Says "Getting Typecast" is Her Biggest Fear ... 29, who will be next seen in adult comedy Hunterrr, says her biggest fear is about getting typecast. «NDTV, Mar 15»
7
Jockey Jerry Lambert, 3-time Hollywood Gold Cup winner, dies
Lambert rode Convenience against Typecast and Hall of Famer Bill ... Typecast was favored, but Lambert guided Convenience to a head victory in the $250,000 ... «FOXSports.com, Feb 15»
8
Trying to avoid being typecast: Sharib Hashmi
“I'm trying to run away from being typecast, but let's see. Having said that, I really enjoy doing comedy,” added the actor, who has featured in movies like ... «The Indian Express, Feb 15»
9
I don't want to be typecast: Indraneil Sengupta
My job is to retain the attention of the audience in the frames. And I don't want to be typecast," Indraneil, having been cast along with Rituparno Ghosh as a gay ... «Times of India, Feb 15»
10
Jack O'Connell: 'It would be easy to typecast myself and I don't need …
"Otherwise I'm going to make it very easy to typecast myself, and I don't need that. I've only just started my career more or less - so it'd be a shame." ... «Digital Spy UK, Feb 15»

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