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Forecast

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Noun

1. forecast, prognosis

a prediction about how something (as the weather) will develop

Verb

2. calculate, forecast

predict in advance

3. calculate, count on, estimate, figure, forecast, reckon

judge to be probable

4. augur, auspicate, betoken, bode, forecast, foreshadow, foretell, omen, portend, predict, prefigure, presage, prognosticate

indicate by signs

Example Sentences:
'These signs bode bad news'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Forecast

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verb -casts, -casting, -cast or -casted
1. 
to predict or calculate (weather, events, etc), in advance
2. (transitive)
to serve as an early indication of
3. (transitive)
to plan in advance
noun
4. 
a statement of probable future weather conditions calculated from meteorological data
5. 
a prophecy or prediction
6. 
the practice or power of forecasting

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Forecast

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verb transitiveWord forms: ˈforeˌcast or ˈforeˌcasted, ˈforeˌcasting
1.  Archaic
to foresee
2. 
to estimate or calculate in advance; predict or seek to predict (weather, business conditions, etc.)
3. 
to serve as a prediction or prophecy of
verb intransitive
4. 
to make a forecast
noun
5.  Archaic
foresight; forethought
6. 
a prediction, as of weather conditions

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Forecast

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tr.v. fore·cast or fore·cast·ed, fore·cast·ing, fore·casts
1. To estimate or predict in advance, especially to predict (weather conditions) by analysis of meteorological data. See Synonyms at predict.
2. To serve as an advance indication of; foreshadow: price increases that forecast inflation.
n.
A prediction, as of coming events or conditions: The weather forecast stated that it would rain.

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