forecast
to predict (a future condition or occurrence); calculate in advance: to forecast a heavy snowfall; to forecast lower interest rates.
to serve as a prediction of; foreshadow.
to contrive or plan beforehand; prearrange.
to conjecture beforehand; make a prediction.
to plan or arrange beforehand.
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.
Origin of forecast
1synonym study For forecast
Other words for forecast
Other words from forecast
- fore·cast·a·ble, adjective
- forecaster, noun
- re·fore·cast, verb (used with object), re·fore·cast or re·fore·cast·ed, re·fore·cast·ing.
- un·fore·cast, adjective
- un·fore·cast·ed, adjective
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How to use forecast in a sentence
Let’s make the optimistic forecast that total StarTech’s total profits will rise at 6% a year over the next half-decade.
Will tech stocks stumble or slide? What the fundamentals tell us | Shawn Tully | September 16, 2020 | FortuneA 12-month forecast allows customers to be able to take their sales projections and fit them on top of the SEO opportunity.
SEO proposals: Particular challenges and how to avoid getting a silent no | SEOmonitor | September 10, 2020 | Search Engine WatchFOCUS is the latest in a series of studies into how humans make forecasts—an essential part of making good decisions.
What a study of video games can tell us about being better decision makers | Walter Frick | September 6, 2020 | QuartzThe 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.
Jittery investors eye today’s big jobs report as markets rebound from an epic sell-off | Bernhard Warner | September 4, 2020 | FortuneFor instance, with Google’s RankBrain, you can recognize words and phrases to predict forecast results more accurately.
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Marx forecast that the profit motive would lead to overworking and exhausting the fertility of our soil and other natural systems.
American Democracy Under Threat for 250 Years | Jedediah Purdy | December 28, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTNone, to my knowledge, had forecast the event, and now they would have to live with their lack of success.
The Stacks: How The Berlin Wall Inspired John le Carré’s First Masterpiece | John le Carré | November 8, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIt should be noted that Wang has incorrectly forecast Democratic victories before.
Meet the One Numbers-Cruncher Who Foresees Democrats Holding the Senate | Linda Killian | September 16, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHe 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.
Essays In Pastoral Medicine | Austin MalleyThe Italian town was waking in one of those veiled dawns which forecast great heat for the day.
The Nabob | Alphonse DaudetFriedrich Wilhelm's Mother, as we hinted, did not live to see this marriage which she had forecast in her maternal heart.
History Of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Vol. I. (of XXI.) | Thomas CarlyleHe justified her forecast; it was minutes before he spoke again.
Tristram of Blent | Anthony HopeIt is not for his mere editor to forecast his vogue in posterity.
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British Dictionary definitions for forecast
/ (ˈfɔːˌkɑːst) /
to predict or calculate (weather, events, etc), in advance
(tr) to serve as an early indication of
(tr) to plan in advance
a statement of probable future weather conditions calculated from meteorological data
a prophecy or prediction
the practice or power of forecasting
Derived forms of forecast
- forecaster, noun
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