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forecast
[ fawr-kast, -kahst, fohr- ]
verb (used with object)
- to predict (a future condition or occurrence); calculate in advance:
to forecast a heavy snowfall; to forecast lower interest rates.
Synonyms: anticipate, foretell
- to serve as a prediction of; foreshadow.
- to contrive or plan beforehand; prearrange.
Synonyms: project
verb (used without object)
noun
- a prediction, especially as to the weather.
- a conjecture as to something in the future.
- the act, practice, or faculty of forecasting.
- Archaic. foresight in planning.
Synonyms: prescience, forethought
forecast
/ ˈfɔːˌkɑːst /
verb
- to predict or calculate (weather, events, etc), in advance
- tr to serve as an early indication of
- tr to plan in advance
noun
- a statement of probable future weather conditions calculated from meteorological data
- a prophecy or prediction
- the practice or power of forecasting
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Derived Forms
- ˈforeˌcaster, noun
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Other Words From
- forecasta·ble adjective
- forecaster noun
- re·forecast verb (used with object) reforecast or reforecasted reforecasting
- un·forecast adjective
- un·forecasted adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of forecast1
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Example Sentences
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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