Forecast

//ˈfɔːkɑːst// noun, verb

noun, verb ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An estimation of a future condition.
  2. 2
    a prediction about how something (as the weather) will develop wordnet
  3. 3
    An estimation of a future condition.; A prediction of the weather.

    "The forecast said it'll be blowy tomorrow"

  4. 4
    exacta
Verb
  1. 1
    To estimate how something will be in the future.

    "to forecast the weather, or a storm"

  2. 2
    judge to be probable wordnet
  3. 3
    To foreshadow; to suggest something in advance.
  4. 4
    indicate, as with a sign or an omen wordnet
  5. 5
    To contrive or plan beforehand. obsolete

    "And, if it happen as I did forecaſt, / The dainteſt diſhes ſhall be ſerv'd up laſt."

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  1. 6
    predict in advance wordnet

Synonyms

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calculateprognosisaccountingactuarial predictionadumbrateanalysis

Example

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"Unexpectedly the weather forecast came true yesterday."

Etymology

From Middle English forecasten, forcasten, equivalent to fore- + cast. The noun is from Middle English forecast, forcast.

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