forecast
verb (used with object)
to predict (a future condition or occurrence); calculate in advance.
has forecast
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present perfectof forecast (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Markets are pricing in more tightening than the Fed has forecast.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 7, 2026
Statistics Canada has forecast gross domestic product grew 0.2% from the month before in August, a pickup after essentially no change to start the quarter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
The National Weather Service has forecast potential showers and thunderstorms for Thursday and Friday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
The company has forecast second-quarter operating profits to increase 1,800 per cent on last year.
From Barron's ● Jul. 28, 2026
And in The War in the Air, with just such exaggerations as are necessary for a fiction of this kind, he has forecast the conditions which have now overtaken us.
From H. G. Wells by J. D. (John Davys) Beresford
