单词 | forecast |
释义 | forecast —forecastable, adj. —forecaster, n. /fawr"kast', -kahst', fohr"-/, v. , forecast or forecasted, forecasting, n. v.t. 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. v.i. 4. to conjecture beforehand; make a prediction. 5. to plan or arrange beforehand. n. 6. a prediction, esp. as to the weather. 7. a conjecture as to something in the future. 8. the act, practice, or faculty of forecasting. 9. Archaic. foresight in planning. [1350-1400; ME (n.) plan. See FORE-, CAST1] Syn. 1. foretell, anticipate. See predict. 3. project. 4, 7. guess, estimate. 9. forethought, prescience. |
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