Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To estimate or predict in advance, especially to predict (weather conditions) by analysis of meteorological data. synonym: predict.
- transitive verb To serve as an advance indication of; foreshadow.
- noun A prediction, as of coming events or conditions.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To cast or contrive beforehand; plan before execution.
- To consider or calculate beforehand; discern beforehand.
- To make a plan or scheme in advance; contrive something beforehand.
- To foresee; surmise.
- noun Specifically, in meteorology, a statement of the expected weather. Official daily weather forecasts were first published by Fitzroy in England in 1861.
- noun Previous contrivance or provision; predetermination.
- noun Foresight; prescience; prevision.
- noun Synonyms Prudence, Providence, etc. (see
wisdom ); forethought, anticipation.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Previous contrivance or determination; predetermination.
- noun A calculation predicting future events; the foresight of consequences, and provision against them; prevision; premeditation.
- transitive verb To plan beforehand; to scheme; to project.
- transitive verb To foresee; to calculate beforehand, so as to provide for.
- intransitive verb To contrive or plan beforehand.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To
estimate how a condition will be in thefuture . - noun An
estimation of a future condition. - noun A
prediction of theweather .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb predict in advance
- verb indicate by signs
- noun a prediction about how something (as the weather) will develop
- verb judge to be probable
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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If the forecast is accurate, temperatures will be dipping down below zero (as low as -10 F) which could be devastating for vineyards.
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Still, the company cautioned that this forecast is ambitious due to the strong euro and rising generic-drug competition.
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Though the long-term forecast is hazy for players who have been linchpins for one of the decade's most successful teams, there's reason for optimism in the short run.
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The weather forecast is the same over half the year: "Sunny tomorrow with coastal fog extending inland night and morning."
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Now, these numbers that we're looking at here; this is what we call the forecast heat index.
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Also implicit in our forecast is the assumption that Canada will continue to maintain a climate receptive to foreign capital.
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However, the EIA short term forecast for WTI oil prices for the next couple of years still shows high oil prices.
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Manages budget, short term forecast and strategy plan processes.
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"If they are profitable companies that have a future, have a footprint and are providing us with a medium to long-term forecast, that is positive economically for Ontario, that's the circumstance in which Ontario and Canada would enter into an agreement."
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In New Jersey, the economic forecast is particularly onerous, said Jeffrey Otteau, a real estate analyst.
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bilby commented on the word forecast
As compared to predicting after the fact.
October 14, 2008