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forecaster

UK/ˈfɔːkɑːstə//ˈfɔɹkæstəɹ/

forecaster noun: a person who forecasts.

Noun

forecaster (plural forecasters)

  1. A person who forecasts.
    • Students will be surprised to see the weather forecaster is not really standing in front of the maps. These are keyed in electronically; the forecaster stands in front of a green/blue screen.1995, Keith Kyker, Christopher Curchy, Video projects for elementary and middle schools, page 79
    • Flooding occurs in areas where the ground is unable to absorb all of the water, according to forecasters, who explained that flash flooding can also be caused by mudslides or breaks in dams or levees.2021 July 18, Neil Vigdor, “What Is Flash Flooding, and How Can You Avoid It?”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 01 Jul 2022
  2. A software program or algorithm that forecasts.

forecaster meaning in Urdu

forecaster in Urdu

پیش بین

Examples of forecaster in a sentence

  • The forecasters say that we are in for a very cold winter.
  • The harvest was overpredicted because the forecasters did not anticipate the dry weather.
  • The weather forecaster made a prediction of heavy rain tomorrow.

All 13 example sentences with forecaster

Forms of forecaster

pluralforecasters

Origin of forecaster

From forecast + -er.

Words formed from forecaster

Questions about forecaster

What does forecaster mean?
Forecaster means a person who forecasts.
What is forecaster in Urdu?
Forecaster in Urdu is پیش بین. See Forecaster meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is forecaster?
Forecaster is a noun.
How do you pronounce forecaster?
Forecaster is pronounced /ˈfɔːkɑːstə/ (UK).
What is the plural of forecaster?
The plural of forecaster is forecasters.

Words near forecaster in the dictionary

  1. forecast lead times
  2. forecastabilities
  3. forecastability
  4. forecastable
  5. forecasted
  6. forecaster
  7. forecasters
  8. forecastest
  9. forecasteth
  10. forecasting
  11. forecastingly

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Adapted from Wiktionary: forecaster (page history and authors); forecaster (Urdu Wiktionary) (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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