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Plural of forecast

regular plural

The plural of forecast is forecasts.

Forms of forecast

Singularforecast /ˈfɔːkɑːst/
Pluralforecasts
Countablecountable

Forecasts in a sentence

  • 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
  • This forecast was prepared based on WPC, SPC, and NHC forecasts.From the entry WPC
  • The government's financial forecasts are just crystal-gazing.From the entry crystal-gazing
  • Engineers rely mostly on computer simulations and pencilwork for such forecasts.2007 December 3, Colin Nickerson, “The science of how buildings fall down”, in The Boston Globe. From the entry pencilwork
  • Although overall holiday-sales forecasts range from Panglossian to Scroogesque, analysts agree that online shopping is booming.2003 December 15, Paul Andrews, “Christmas Clicking”, in U.S. News & World Report, page 42. From the entry Scroogesque

Meaning of forecast

  1. verb To estimate how something will be in the future.
  2. verb To foreshadow; to suggest something in advance.
  3. verb To contrive or plan beforehand.

Full definition of forecast

Questions about the plural of forecast

What is the plural of forecast?
The plural of forecast is forecasts.
Is forecast countable?
Forecast is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: forecast (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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