recast

Recast is both a verb and a noun with several related meanings. As a verb, to recast means to cast again, or more broadly, to reshape, remake, or revise something into a new form. As a noun, a recast is a new version or remake of something, or the act of recasting.

In manufacturing and metallurgy, recasting refers to melting a material—typically metal—and pouring it into a mold to form a new object. This can be done to salvage scrap, refine composition, correct defects, or produce a product with altered dimensions or properties. The term is commonly used in metal casting, and in plastics, where a previous casting is re-melted for reuse.

In the entertainment industry, recasting is the replacement of an actor in a role, usually during development, pre-production, or after filming has begun. Recasts can occur for creative reasons, scheduling conflicts, or other constraints, and may lead to partial or complete changes to the cast.

In language education, a recast is a form of corrective feedback in which a teacher repeats the learner’s utterance in a corrected form, preserving the meaning but fixing the grammar or usage. For example, a learner says “She go to school,” and the teacher responds with “She goes to school.”