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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024fore•cast /ˈfɔrˌkæst/USA pronunciation v., -cast or -cast•ed, -cast•ing, n. v. [~ + object] - to predict (a future condition or occurrence):The weatherman had forecast a heavy snowfall.
- to make a prediction about:He forecast great problems for the future.[~ + (that) clause]forecast that we would have great problems.
n. [countable] - a prediction of future weather conditions.
- a guess or prediction as to something in the future:economic forecasts.
fore•cast•er, n. [countable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024fore•cast (fôr′kast′, -käst′, fōr′-),USA pronunciation v., -cast or -cast•ed, -cast•ing, n. v.t. - 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.
v.i. - to conjecture beforehand;
make a prediction. - to plan or arrange beforehand.
n. - a prediction, esp. as to the weather.
- a conjecture as to something in the future.
- the act, practice, or faculty of forecasting.
- [Archaic.]foresight in planning.
- Middle English (noun, nominal) plan. See fore-, cast1 1350–1400
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged foretell, anticipate. See predict.
- 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged project.
- 4, 7.See corresponding entry in Unabridged guess, estimate.
- 9.See corresponding entry in Unabridged forethought, prescience.
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