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 Definitions of Forecast  [ˈfɔrˌkæst, -ˌkɑst, ˈfoʊr-]  

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Definition of 'Forecast' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (v.t.) forecast
to predict (a future condition or occurrence); calculate in advance:
to forecast a heavy snowfall.

2.  forecast
to serve as a prediction of; foreshadow.

3. (v.i.) forecast
to conjecture beforehand; make a prediction.

4. (n.) forecast
a prediction, esp. of future weather conditions.

5.  forecast
a conjecture as to something in the future.

6.  forecast
Archaic. foresight in planning; forethought.

Etymology:  (1350–1400; ME (n.) plan. See fore -, cast)

Definition of 'Forecast' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (verb) prognosis, forecast
a prediction about how something (as the weather) will develop

2. (verb) forecast, calculate
predict in advance

3. (verb) calculate, estimate, reckon, count on, figure, forecast
judge to be probable

4. (verb) bode, portend, auspicate, prognosticate, omen, presage, betoken, foreshadow, augur, foretell, prefigure, forecast, predict
indicate by signs
"These signs bode bad news"


Definition of 'Forecast' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) forecast
a prediction of what is likely to happen in the future
the weather forecast; economic forecasts

2. (verb) forecast
to say what you think is likely to happen
Snow is forecast for tomorrow.; economists forecasting a rise in interest rates


Definition of 'Forecast' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) Forecast
previous contrivance or determination; predetermination

2. (noun) Forecast
foresight of consequences, and provision against them; prevision; premeditation

3. (verb) Forecast
to plan beforehand; to scheme; to project

4. (verb) Forecast
to foresee; to calculate beforehand, so as to provide for

5. (verb) Forecast
to contrive or plan beforehand


Definitions of 'Forecast' The Roycroft Dictionary 

Forecast
To observe that which has passed, and guess it will happen again; to anticipate the future by guessing at the past; to predict that an event will happen, if it does, by basing calculations on events that have already happened, if they did. (One may forecast and be right, wrong, or neither. It depends.)


Translation of 'Forecast' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: to tell about (something) before it happens
He forecast good weather for the next three days.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: voorspel Arabic flag Arabic: يَتَكَهَّن، يَتَنَبَّأ Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: прогнозирам
Brazilian flag Brazilian: prever Czech flag Czech: předpovědět German flag German: voraussagen
Danish flag Danish: forudsige Greek flag Greek: προβλέπω Spanish flag Spanish: pronosticar
Estonian flag Estonian: ennustama Farsi flag Farsi: پیش بینی کردن Finnish flag Finnish: ennustaa
French flag French: prévoir Hebrew flag Hebrew: לַחֲזוֹת Hindi flag Hindi: पूर्वानुमान लगाना
Croatian flag Croatian: predvidjeti, prognosticir Hungarian flag Hungarian: előre jelez Indonesian flag Indonesian: meramalkan
Icelandic flag Icelandic: spá Italian flag Italian: prevedere Japanese flag Japanese: 予測する
Korean flag Korean: 예상하다 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: prognozuoti, pranašauti Latvian flag Latvian: pareģot; paredzēt; progno
Malay flag Malay: meramal Dutch flag Dutch: voorspellen Norwegian flag Norwegian: forutsi, varsle
Polish flag Polish: przewidywać, przepowiadać Persian flag Persian: پیش بینی کردن Pashto flag Pashto: پيش بينى كول، غيب ويل، اټ
Portuguese flag Portuguese: prever Romanian flag Romanian: a pre­vedea Russian flag Russian: прогнозировать
Slovak flag Slovak: predpovedať Slovenian flag Slovenian: napovedati Serbian flag Serbian: prognozirati
Swedish flag Swedish: förutspå, förutsäga Thai flag Thai: พยากรณ์ Turkish flag Turkish: tahmin etmek, kestirmek
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 預報 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: передбачати Urdu flag Urdu: پیشین گوئی کرنا
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: dự đoán; đoán trước Chinese flag Chinese: 预报

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