backcast

== English == === Alternative forms === back-cast === Etymology === Blend of back +‎ forecast. === Verb === backcast (third-person singular simple present backcasts, present participle backcasting, simple past and past participle backcast or (common, but sometimes proscribed) backcasted) To identify the actions required in order to reach a proposed future. (UK dialectal) To change retrospectively; reverse. === Noun === backcast (plural backcasts) A cast or throw back. A backward stroke, or a stroke driving one back. (figuratively) Any discouragement or cause of relapse or failure. (UK dialectal) Misfortune; reverse; reversal; a relapse in health or illness; moral backsliding. (UK dialectal) Retrospect; hindsight. (UK dialectal) backwater === Adjective === backcast (comparative more backcast, superlative most backcast) (UK dialectal) Retrospective. === Adverb === backcast (comparative more backcast, superlative most backcast) (UK dialectal, of time) Long ago; in the past. ==== Synonyms ==== of old, way back; see also Thesaurus:long ago === Anagrams === scatback