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RECASTING

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Dictionary entry overview: What does recasting mean?

• RECASTING (noun)
The noun RECASTING has 1 sense:

1. changing a particular word or phrase

Familiarity information: RECASTING used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• RECASTING (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Changing a particular word or phrase

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

recasting; rephrasing; rewording

Hypernyms ("recasting" is a kind of...):

revising; rewriting (editing that involves writing something again)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "recasting"):

paraphrase; paraphrasis (rewording for the purpose of clarification)

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