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backcasts

backcasts is the third-person singular simple present indicative of backcast.

Meaning of backcast

Verb

backcast (third-person singular simple present backcasts, present participle backcasting, simple past and past participle backcast or (common, but sometimes proscribed) backcasted)

  1. To identify the actions required in order to reach a proposed future.
  2. (UK, dialectal) To change retrospectively; reverse.

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Questions about backcasts

What is backcasts the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Backcasts is the third-person singular simple present indicative of backcast.

Words near backcasts in the dictionary

  1. backcards
  2. backcare
  3. backcast
  4. backcasted
  5. backcasting
  6. backcasts
  7. backchain
  8. backchained
  9. backchaining
  10. backchains
  11. backchannel

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