typecast
pronunciation
How to pronounce typecast in British English:
UK [ˈtaɪpkɑ:st]
How to pronounce typecast in American English:
US [ˈtaɪpkæst]
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- Verb:
- cast repeatedly in the same kind of role
- identify as belonging to a certain type
Word Origin
- typecast (v.)
- also type-cast, with reference to actors, 1937 (implied in typecasting), from type (n.) in the "general character" sense (perhaps a deliberate pun on the verbal phrase in the printing sense "to found types in molds," attested from 1847). See type (n.) + cast (v.).
Example
- 1. Are you worried about being typecast ?
- 2. So when I ask if he worries about being typecast as a posh boy , his reply is suitably considered .
- 3. These spurious warnings may force you to carefully typecast large numbers of method calls that won 't actually cause any problem .
- 4. Once you do that you will find it hard to escape and you 'll be typecast .
- 5. All vice presidents who run for president have two problems : most people don 't know what they 've done and don 't give them credit for the accomplishments of the administration , and they tend to get typecast as number two men .