forecast
UK/ˈfɔːkɑːst//ˈfɔɹkæst/
forecast verb: to estimate how something will be in the future.
Verb
forecast (third-person singular simple present forecasts, present participle forecasting, simple past and past participle forecast or (common, but sometimes proscribed) forecasted)
- To estimate how something will be in the future.
- to forecast the weather, or a storm
- to forecast a rise in prices
- To foreshadow; to suggest something in advance.
- To contrive or plan beforehand.
- And, if it happen as I did forecaſt, / The dainteſt diſhes ſhall be ſerv'd up laſt.1626 (date written), John Milton, “At a Vacation Exercise in the Colledge, […]”, in Poems, &c. upon Several Occasions, London: […] Tho[mas] Dring […], published 1673, →OCLC, page 64
Noun
forecast (plural forecasts)
- An estimation of a future condition.
- A prediction of the weather.
- The forecast said it'll be blowy tomorrow
- The forecast calls for a slight warming trend in the coming days, with sunny skies and daytime temperatures reaching the midteens on Sunday and Monday, when the men will hit the snowboard course.2022 February 4, John Branch, “U.S. snowboarder Jamie Anderson qualifies for the slopestyle final.”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 29 Nov 2022
- A prediction of the weather.
- exacta
forecast meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
forecast in Hindi
- estimation of future condition
- पूर्वानुमान pūrvānumān, पेशगोई peśgoī
forecast in Tamil
- முன்னறிவிப்பு
forecast in Urdu
- estimation of future condition
- پیش گوئی peś goī
forecast in Bengali
- estimation of future condition
- পূর্বানুমান purbanuman, পূর্বাভাস purbabhaś
More languagesFewer languages
- forecast in Malayalam
- മുൻകൂട്ടിക്കാണുക, മുൻകൂട്ടി ചിന്തിക്കുക, മുൻകൂട്ടി കണക്കാക്കുക, പ്രവചിക്കുക
- forecast in Kannada
- ಮುಂತಿಳಿಕೆ, ಮುನ್ಸೂಚನೆ, ಮುಂದಾಗಿ ಹೇಳು
- forecast in Gujarati
- આગાહી āgāhī
- forecast in Tagalog
- hulaysay
- forecast in Arabic
- تَنَبَّأَ tanabbaʔa, تَوَقُّع tawaqquʕ
- forecast in Malay
- ramalan
- forecast in Indonesian
- ramal, meramal, mengira, memperkirakan
- forecast in Persian
- پیشبینی کردن piš-bini kardan
- forecast in Thai
- พยากรณ์ pá-yaa-gɔɔn, ทำนาย tam-naai, การพยากรณ์ gaan-pá-yaa-gɔɔn
- forecast in Vietnamese
- dự báo, dự đoán
- forecast in Myanmar
- ခန့်မှန်းချက် hkan.hman:hkyak
Examples of forecast in a sentence
- This year alone, Japan is forecasted to install solar panels with the capacity of five to seven modern nuclear reactors.2013 June 21, Chico Harlan, “After Fukushima, Japan beginning to see the light in solar energy”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number...
- Within six months, the total number of passengers forecast to use the line in the entire first year (650,000) had already been passed.2020 May 6, Graeme Pickering, “Borders Railway: time for the next step”, in Rail, page 52:
- In September, Lichtman officially forecast that Harris would win the election, based on the keys.2024 November 8, Joe Edwards, “Allan Lichtman Admits He Was Wrong About Harris Election Win, Explains Why”, in Newsweek, archived from the...
- It's nice to anticipate sunny weather, but it's a good idea to carry an umbrella just in case the forecasts prove overly optimistic.2024 April 19, Charles Hugh Smith, Living on Uneasy Street, archived from the original on 05 Jul 2024:
Forms of forecast
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | forecasts |
| present participle | forecasting |
| past participle | forecast |
| past | forecast |
| past participle common error-unknown-tag proscribed sometimes | forecasted |
| past common error-unknown-tag proscribed sometimes | forecasted |
| Noun | |
| plural | forecasts |
Origin of forecast
From Middle English forecasten, forcasten, equivalent to fore- + cast. The noun is from Middle English forecast, forcast.
Words formed from forecast
Phrases with forecast
Questions about forecast
- What does forecast mean?
- Forecast means to estimate how something will be in the future.
- What is forecast in Hindi?
- Forecast in Hindi is पूर्वानुमान (pūrvānumān), पेशगोई (peśgoī). See Forecast meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use forecast in a sentence?
- This year alone, Japan is forecasted to install solar panels with the capacity of five to seven modern nuclear reactors.
- What part of speech is forecast?
- Forecast can be a verb or a noun.
- How do you pronounce forecast?
- Forecast is pronounced /ˈfɔːkɑːst/ (UK).
- What is the past tense of forecast?
- The past tense of forecast is forecast.
Words near forecast in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: forecast (page history and authors); forecast (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); forecast (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); forecast (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); આગાહી (Gujarati) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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