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forecast

[ fawr-kast, -kahst, fohr- ]

verb (used with object)

, fore·cast or fore·cast·ed, fore·cast·ing.
  1. to predict (a future condition or occurrence); calculate in advance:

    to forecast a heavy snowfall; to forecast lower interest rates.

    Synonyms: anticipate, foretell

  2. to serve as a prediction of; foreshadow.
  3. to contrive or plan beforehand; prearrange.

    Synonyms: project



verb (used without object)

, fore·cast or fore·cast·ed, fore·cast·ing.
  1. to conjecture beforehand; make a prediction.

    Synonyms: estimate, guess

  2. to plan or arrange beforehand.

noun

  1. a prediction, especially as to the weather.
  2. a conjecture as to something in the future.

    Synonyms: estimate, guess

  3. the act, practice, or faculty of forecasting.
  4. Archaic. foresight in planning.

    Synonyms: prescience, forethought

forecast

/ ˈfɔːˌkɑːst /

verb

  1. to predict or calculate (weather, events, etc), in advance
  2. tr to serve as an early indication of
  3. tr to plan in advance
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


noun

  1. a statement of probable future weather conditions calculated from meteorological data
  2. a prophecy or prediction
  3. the practice or power of forecasting
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈforeˌcaster, noun
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Other Words From

  • forecasta·ble adjective
  • forecaster noun
  • re·forecast verb (used with object) reforecast or reforecasted reforecasting
  • un·forecast adjective
  • un·forecasted adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of forecast1

First recorded in 1400–50; Middle English (verb) “to plan ahead of time”; fore-, cast ( def )
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Synonym Study

See predict.
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Example Sentences

Let’s make the optimistic forecast that total StarTech’s total profits will rise at 6% a year over the next half-decade.

From Fortune

A 12-month forecast allows customers to be able to take their sales projections and fit them on top of the SEO opportunity.

FOCUS is the latest in a series of studies into how humans make forecasts—an essential part of making good decisions.

From Quartz

The consensus forecast shows the unemployment rate will have dropped below 10%, but there is great uncertainty over how much of an improvement we may see.

From Fortune

For instance, with Google’s RankBrain, you can recognize words and phrases to predict forecast results more accurately.

Marx forecast that the profit motive would lead to overworking and exhausting the fertility of our soil and other natural systems.

None, to my knowledge, had forecast the event, and now they would have to live with their lack of success.

It should be noted that Wang has incorrectly forecast Democratic victories before.

He has to get this right, or every time he makes a budget forecast or talks about tax percentages, he is going to be screwed.

This uncertainty explains why the forecast, while optimistic, is highly variable.

When troubles come lack of experience in life makes the youthful mind forecast a future of hopeless suffering.

The Italian town was waking in one of those veiled dawns which forecast great heat for the day.

Friedrich Wilhelm's Mother, as we hinted, did not live to see this marriage which she had forecast in her maternal heart.

He justified her forecast; it was minutes before he spoke again.

It is not for his mere editor to forecast his vogue in posterity.

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