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The weather records of the U.S.A. are the best kept and most accessible in the world, thanks to consistent government/military taxpayer support. There are longer European data sets, but the U.S.A. data is enough to forecast major extreme events.
Piers Corbyn

Meaning of "forecast" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF FORECAST

forecast  [ˈfɔːˌkɑːst] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FORECAST

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Forecast is a verb and can also act as a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb forecast in English.

WHAT DOES FORECAST MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Forecast

Forecast may refer to: ▪ Forecasting, the process of making statements about events which have not yet been observed ▪ Weather forecasting, the application of science and technology to predict the weather ▪ FORECAST, system for managing ecosystems and forest growth ▪ Forecast, an ability attributed to the Pokémon Castform ▪ Forecast, 1993 electronic music by 808 State ▪ Forecast: Tomorrow, a 2006 compilation album by the jazz group Weather Report ▪ "Forecast ", a song by Amerie from Because I Love It...

Definition of forecast in the English dictionary

The first definition of forecast in the dictionary is to predict or calculate, in advance. Other definition of forecast is to serve as an early indication of. Forecast is also to plan in advance.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO FORECAST

PRESENT

Present
I forecast
you forecast
he/she/it forecasts
we forecast
you forecast
they forecast
Present continuous
I am forecasting
you are forecasting
he/she/it is forecasting
we are forecasting
you are forecasting
they are forecasting
Present perfect
I have forecast
you have forecast
he/she/it has forecast
we have forecast
you have forecast
they have forecast
Present perfect continuous
I have been forecasting
you have been forecasting
he/she/it has been forecasting
we have been forecasting
you have been forecasting
they have been forecasting
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I forecast
you forecast
he/she/it forecast
we forecast
you forecast
they forecast
Past continuous
I was forecasting
you were forecasting
he/she/it was forecasting
we were forecasting
you were forecasting
they were forecasting
Past perfect
I had forecast
you had forecast
he/she/it had forecast
we had forecast
you had forecast
they had forecast
Past perfect continuous
I had been forecasting
you had been forecasting
he/she/it had been forecasting
we had been forecasting
you had been forecasting
they had been forecasting
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will forecast
you will forecast
he/she/it will forecast
we will forecast
you will forecast
they will forecast
Future continuous
I will be forecasting
you will be forecasting
he/she/it will be forecasting
we will be forecasting
you will be forecasting
they will be forecasting
Future perfect
I will have forecast
you will have forecast
he/she/it will have forecast
we will have forecast
you will have forecast
they will have forecast
Future perfect continuous
I will have been forecasting
you will have been forecasting
he/she/it will have been forecasting
we will have been forecasting
you will have been forecasting
they will have been forecasting
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would forecast
you would forecast
he/she/it would forecast
we would forecast
you would forecast
they would forecast
Conditional continuous
I would be forecasting
you would be forecasting
he/she/it would be forecasting
we would be forecasting
you would be forecasting
they would be forecasting
Conditional perfect
I would have forecast
you would have forecast
he/she/it would have forecast
we would have forecast
you would have forecast
they would have forecast
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been forecasting
you would have been forecasting
he/she/it would have been forecasting
we would have been forecasting
you would have been forecasting
they would have been forecasting
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you forecast
we let´s forecast
you forecast
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to forecast
Past participle
forecast
Present Participle
forecasting
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FORECAST


broadcast
ˈbrɔːdˌkɑːst
cablecast
ˈkeɪbəlˌkɑːst
downcast
ˈdaʊnˌkɑːst
multicast
ˈmʌltɪˌkɑːst
narrowcast
ˈnærəʊˌkɑːst
newscast
ˈnjuːzˌkɑːst
nowcast
ˈnaʊˌkɑːst
outcast
ˈaʊtˌkɑːst
overcast
ˈəʊvəˌkɑːst
podcast
ˈpɒdˌkɑːst
precast
ˈpriːˌkɑːst
roughcast
ˈrʌfˌkɑːst
simulcast
ˈsɪməlˌkɑːst
sportscast
ˈspɔːtsˌkɑːst
subcaste
ˈsʌbˌkɑːst
telecast
ˈtɛlɪˌkɑːst
typecast
ˈtaɪpˌkɑːst
vodcast
ˈvɒdˌkɑːst
weathercast
ˈweðərˌkɑːst
webcast
ˈwɛbˌkɑːst

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FORECAST

forebodingness
forebody
foreboom
forebrain
forecabin
forecaddie
forecar
forecarriage
forecastable
forecaster
forecastle
forecheck
forechecker
forechosen
foreclosable
foreclose
foreclosure
forecloth
forecourse
forecourt

WORDS THAT END LIKE FORECAST

Aircast
be cast
cast
die-cast
miscast
molecast
opencast
outside broadcast
plaster cast
radio broadcast
rebroadcast
recast
sales forecast
sand-cast
shipping forecast
stone cast
stonecast
television broadcast
the die is cast
weather forecast

Synonyms and antonyms of forecast in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «FORECAST»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «forecast» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of forecast

Translation of «forecast» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FORECAST

Find out the translation of forecast to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of forecast from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «forecast» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

预测
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

pronóstico
570 millions of speakers

English

forecast
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पूर्वानुमान
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تَنَبُّؤ
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

прогноз
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

previsão
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পূর্বাভাস
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

prévision
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Ramalan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Vorhersage
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

天気予報
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

예측
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ramalan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

dự báo
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

முன்னறிவிப்பு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अंदाज
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

tahmin
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

previsione
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

przewidywanie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

прогноз
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

previziune
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πρόβλεψη
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

voorspelling
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

prognostisera
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

prognose
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of forecast

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FORECAST»

The term «forecast» is very widely used and occupies the 5.315 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FORECAST» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «forecast» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «forecast» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about forecast

EXAMPLES

10 QUOTES WITH «FORECAST»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word forecast.
1
Carrie Brownstein
I'll admit that I'm not quite certain how to sum up an entire year in music anymore; not when music has become so temporal, so specific and personal, as if we each have our own weather system and what we listen to is our individual forecast.
2
George Carlin
Weather forecast for tonight: dark.
3
Piers Corbyn
The weather records of the U.S.A. are the best kept and most accessible in the world, thanks to consistent government/military taxpayer support. There are longer European data sets, but the U.S.A. data is enough to forecast major extreme events.
4
Jamie Dimon
No one can forecast the economy with certainty.
5
Edgar Fiedler
If you have to forecast, forecast often.
6
Alan Greenspan
We really can't forecast all that well, and yet we pretend that we can, but we really can't.
7
Tim Harford
Economists have allowed themselves to walk into a trap where we say we can forecast, but no serious economist thinks we can. You don't expect dentists to be able to forecast how many teeth you'll have when you're 80. You expect them to give good advice and fix problems.
8
Tim Harford
Economists have allowed themselves to walk into a trap where we say we can forecast, but no serious economist thinks we can.
9
Tim Harford
I never understand why 'economist makes forecast' is ever a headline. Whether the economist in question is from the International Monetary Fund, a City forecasting group or the Treasury - a forecast is still not news.
10
Edmund Hillary
Many people have been getting too casual about climbing Everest. I forecast a disaster many times.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FORECAST»

Discover the use of forecast in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to forecast and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
2052: A Global Forecast for the Next Forty Years
" So, where are we now? And what does our future look like? In the book 2052, Jorgen Randers, one of the coauthors of Limits to Growth, issues a progress report and makes a forecast for the next forty years.
Jorgen Randers, 2012
2
Fact, Fiction, and Forecast
In his new foreword to this edition, Hilary Putnam forcefully rejects these nativist claims.
Nelson Goodman, 1983
3
Forecast: What Physics, Meteorology, and the Natural ...
Markets really act more like weather: a brief heat wave can become a massive storm in a matter of a few days, or even hours. Forecast re-imagines the basics of the financial world, with consequences that affect everyone.
Mark Buchanan, 2013
4
Attention All Shipping: A Journey Round the Shipping Forecast
In ATTENTION ALL SHIPPING Charlie Connelly wittily explores the places behind the voice, those mysterious regions whose names seem often to bear no relation to conventional geography. Armchair travel will never be the same again.
Charlie Connelly, 2011
5
Forecast Verification: A Practitioner's Guide in Atmospheric ...
Reviews of first edition: "This book will provide a good reference, and I recommend it especially for developers and evaluators of statistical forecast systems." (Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society; April 2004) "...a good ...
Ian T. Jolliffe, David B. Stephenson, 2012
6
Improved Forecast Accuracy in Airline Revenue Management by ...
This dissertation examines the challenge of forecasting for an airline revenue management system in the presence of censored demand data.
Richard H. Zeni, 2001
7
Fatal Forecast: An Incredible True Tale of Disaster and ...
CHAPTER. 3. The. Forecast. On. Friday afternoon Ernie took his turn at the wheel and was again swept up by the sense of freedom and contentment he always felt when piloting the Fair Wind southeast toward the vast open space of the fishing ...
Michael J. Tougias, Mike Tougias, 2009
8
Forecast: The Consequences of Climate Change, from the ...
Shares assessments of ways in which climate change will affect the world in the near future, making controversial predictions about such topics as pandemic diseases, shifts in political alliances, and agriculture.
Stephan Faris, 2009
9
Global Warming: Understanding the Forecast
Archer's Global Warming: Understanding the Forecast 2nd Edition, is the first real text to present the science and policy surrounding climate change at the right level.
David Archer, 2011
10
Your 5 Day Forecast
Your 5 Day Forecast is a tale about a rogue group of Islamic Extremists that have developed a deadly biological weapon to produce mass murder in North America.
Edward Allan Kovacik, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FORECAST»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term forecast is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Typhoon Nangka Sets Its Sights on Japan (FORECAST) - weather.com
Tropical Depression 5E formed off the coast of Mexico Saturday morning. It could become a hurricane by mid-week. «The Weather Channel, Jul 15»
2
D.C. area forecast: Rain focuses D.C. and south this morning, then …
Despite rain that's around this morning, the weekend presents a drier forecast than many recent weekends. I do think a majority of it goes off ... «Washington Post, Jul 15»
3
Mike's Saturday night forecast | Weather - WCVB Home
Mike's Saturday night forecast. UPDATED 6:39 PM EDT Jul 11, 2015 .... RELATED. Mike's latest Boston area forecast · Mike's latest Boston area forecast · VIEW. «WCVB Boston, Jul 15»
4
2015 NASCAR at Kentucky Speedway race day weather forecast
Rain has been a problem for NASCAR at Kentucky Speedway since Wednesday when a scheduled testing for a new rules package was ... «SB Nation, Jul 15»
5
Weather Forecast: Scattered showers expected - KPAX.com
We could not have asked for, or needed a better weather forecast than the one that has played out today. A soaking rain in the middle of July is hard to come by, ... «KPAX-TV, Jul 15»
6
Mike Pound: Never trust a long-range weather forecast - Joplin Globe
In early June, my wife said that she read that one of those long-range weather forecast sources was predicting that July would be hot and dry. «Joplin Globe, Jul 15»
7
Jim Caldwell's Forecast | Severe weather chances return Sunday
LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - This brief break from rainfall was a much needed one for folks that have been water-logged here recently. It is only a ... «WKYT, Jul 15»
8
Weather Forecast: Chance for Mountain Storms Lingers … - KRCR 7
... across the coast. Some forecast models showing disagreement in this feature forming, so for now holding off until much closer in the forecast. «KRCRTV.COM, Jul 15»
9
Forecast: Partly sunny with a chance of rain, high near 89
Today across the Knoxville area, a 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms is forecast, mainly after 3 p.m. Otherwise it should be ... «Knoxville News Sentinel, Jul 15»
10
July 11 Exact Weather Forecast: Hot weekend across southeast …
It looks like the isolated pop up storms will not develop until late, so a hot weather forecast. The heat index will be around 100 to even as high ... «WDSU New Orleans, Jul 15»

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