"fan cast" meaning in All languages combined

See fan cast on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: fan casts [plural]
Etymology: fan + cast Etymology templates: {{compound|en|fan|cast}} fan + cast Head templates: {{en-noun}} fan cast (plural fan casts)
  1. A person who has been fan cast for some particular role.
    Sense id: en-fan_cast-en-noun-n8JAtVIz

Verb [English]

Forms: fan casts [present, singular, third-person], fan casting [participle, present], fan cast [participle, past], fan cast [past], fan casted [nonstandard, participle, past], fan casted [nonstandard, past]
Etymology: fan + cast Etymology templates: {{compound|en|fan|cast}} fan + cast Head templates: {{en-verb|||fan cast|past2=fan casted|past2_qual=nonstandard}} fan cast (third-person singular simple present fan casts, present participle fan casting, simple past and past participle fan cast or (nonstandard) fan casted)
  1. To mentally assign a real-life person to play the role of a fictional character, based on one’s preferences as a fan.
    Sense id: en-fan_cast-en-verb-dX2HOOW5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 86

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