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type-cast

  [tahyp-kast, -kahst] verb, -cast, -cast⋅ing, adjective Printing.
Use typecast in a Sentence
–verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
1. to cast (type).
–adjective
2. (of text to be printed) having the type already cast.
Origin:
1875–80

Related forms:
type-caster, noun
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type⋅cast

  [tahyp-kast, -kahst]
–verb (used with object), -cast, -cast⋅ing. Theater.
1. to cast (a performer) in a role that requires characteristics of physique, manner, personality, etc., similar to those possessed by the performer.
2. to cast (a performer) repeatedly in a kind of role closely patterned after that of the actor's previous successes.
3. to stereotype: He realizes now he's been typecast as an executive errand boy.
Origin:
1930–35; type + cast
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type·cast   (tīp'kāst')   
tr.v.   type·cast, type·cast·ing, type·casts

  1. To cast in an acting role akin or natural to one's own personality or fitted to one's physical appearance.

  2. To assign (a performer) repeatedly to the same kind of part.

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