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recasting

recasting

1 5.6
Changing the words of a sentence to say it more clearly
  • noun
  • /ˈriːˌkæstɪŋ/
translation icon : reformulación
  • A simple recasting of such endless sentences can work miracles for clarity.

The phase of recasting how the brain works, which is what you did.

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Examples

  • The students' essay benefited from a recasting of their initial arguments to make them clearer.

  • My solution involves the recasting of venerable institutions into forms appropriate for the contemporary era.

    Blog text (34)
  • Comments, criticisms, and recasting in more effective form are all welcome.

    Blog text (9)
  • As a result, the fourth element of this emerging grand strategy involves a recasting of the terms of sovereignty.

    Academic text (2002)
  • Even more notable was China's recasting of its approach to Sudan.

    Academic text (2008)
  • Indeed, in fields from archaeology to zoology, the introduction of the computer has led to a recasting of basic disciplinary concepts.

    Academic text (1992)
  • They are looking up, and they have the Lord's Prayer in what is Dante's own recasting of the canonical prayer.

  • There are several ways to change a liturgy, such as by substitution, addition, deletion, re-ordering, recasting, and innovation.

    Blog text (6)
  • The arguments that he adapted from Cicero and Quintilian evidently articulated this sense of purpose, and his recasting of them was perfectly in keeping with the practice of classical rhetoric.

    Academic text (1991)
  • Smith's recasting of philosophy is part and parcel of his reinterpretation of love (148-155) and beauty (109-112, 311-49).

    Academic text (2001)

Synonyms

rewriting
vsrecasting
7 3.7

Changing a text to make it clearer or better

is more about reformulating the original statement's form or wording
restatement
vsrecasting
5 4.1

A different way of saying the same idea to make it clearer

emphasizes altering form or wording rather than simply repeating content
rephrasing
vsrecasting
1 3.5

Putting something into different words to make it clearer

focuses more on changing overall form or wording beyond mere wording change
rewording
vsrecasting
1 3.5

Saying or writing the same idea using different words to make it clearer

can alter both wording and the form of the original expression
paraphrasis
vsrecasting
9.9

Saying something in different words to make it clearer

may change form as well as wording, not only clarify wording
rearticulation
vsrecasting
7.5

Expressing an idea again in a new, clearer way

is specifically about changing wording or overall form of the statement
reexpression
vsrecasting
6.5

Saying or writing something again in a different way to make it clearer

focuses more narrowly on altering wording or shape of the original
redescription
vsrecasting
7.0

To describe something again in a new or clearer way

changes the original's form or wording rather than just adding detail
revoicing
vsrecasting
  • Jargon
5.7

Saying someone else's words in a new way to make them clearer

covers broader reformulation that can change form as well as words
revising
vsrecasting
2.9

The act of changing writing to make it clearer

is primarily about altering form or wording, not necessarily improving content
revisal
vsrecasting
7.6

An act of changing something written to make it clearer or more correct

targets changing expression form or wording rather than general revision work
recomposition
vsrecasting
6.7

Making a new version of something by changing its parts or structure

focuses more narrowly on altering wording or the statement's form

How Different

transformation
241 3.7
recasting
1 5.6
rewriting
7 3.7
rephrasing
1 3.5
paraphrase
7 4.2

Surface Forms

recasting singular
recastings plural

Morphology

recasting = recast (semi-transparent) = re + cast + ing

Adding '-ing' to the verb 'recast' straightforwardly forms a noun for the action or process.

Etymology

Recasting comes from the parts re- meaning 'again' and cast meaning 'to throw' or 'to shape', like when you cast something in a mould. So recasting is shaping or saying something again in a new form, which is why it means expressing the same idea differently.