forecast

[fawr-kast, -kahst, fohr-]

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verb (used with object), fore·cast or fore·cast·ed, fore·cast·ing.

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.

verb (used without object), fore·cast or fore·cast·ed, fore·cast·ing.

to conjecture beforehand; make a prediction.

to plan or arrange beforehand.

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.

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Origin of forecast

1350–1400; Middle English (noun) plan. See fore-, cast

SYNONYMS FOR forecast

1. foretell, anticipate. 3. project. 4, 7. guess, estimate. 9. forethought, prescience.

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Related forms

fore·cast·a·ble, adjectivefore·cast·er, nounre·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

Synonym study

1. See predict.

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For answer, the Forecaster smiled and turned to another one.
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The Forecaster took a pencil and an envelope out of his pocket.
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British Dictionary definitions for forecaster

forecast

verb -casts, -casting, -cast or -casted

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

Derived Formsforecaster, noun

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Word Origin and History for forecaster

forecaster

1630s, agent noun from forecast (v.).

forecast

late 14c., "to scheme," from fore- "before" + casten "contrive." Meaning "predict events" first attested late 15c. Related: Forecasted; forecasting.

forecast

early 15c., probably from forecast (v.); earliest sense was "forethought, prudence;" meaning "conjectured estimate of a future course" is from 1670s. A Middle English word for weather forecasting was aeromancy.

forecast

verb (used with object), fore·cast or fore·cast·ed, fore·cast·ing.

verb (used without object), fore·cast or fore·cast·ed, fore·cast·ing.

noun

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