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forecast

[fawr-kast, -kahst, fohr-]
verb (used with object), fore·cast or fore·cast·ed, fore·cast·ing.
  1. to predict (a future condition or occurrence); calculate in advance: to forecast a heavy snowfall; to forecast lower interest rates.
  2. to serve as a prediction of; foreshadow.
  3. to contrive or plan beforehand; prearrange.
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verb (used without object), fore·cast or fore·cast·ed, fore·cast·ing.
  1. to conjecture beforehand; make a prediction.
  2. to plan or arrange beforehand.
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noun
  1. a prediction, especially as to the weather.
  2. a conjecture as to something in the future.
  3. the act, practice, or faculty of forecasting.
  4. Archaic. foresight in planning.
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Origin of forecast

1350–1400; Middle English (noun) plan. See fore-, cast
Related formsfore·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, adjectiveun·fore·cast·ed, adjective

Synonyms

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

Synonym study

1. See predict.
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British Dictionary definitions for reforecast

forecast

verb -casts, -casting, -cast or -casted
  1. to predict or calculate (weather, events, etc), in advance
  2. (tr) to serve as an early indication of
  3. (tr) to plan in advance
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noun
  1. a statement of probable future weather conditions calculated from meteorological data
  2. a prophecy or prediction
  3. the practice or power of forecasting
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Derived Formsforecaster, noun
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Word Origin and History for reforecast

forecast

v.

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

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forecast

n.

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.

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