forecast

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English forecasten, forcasten, equivalent to fore- +‎ cast. The noun is from Middle English forecast, forcast. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈfɔːkɑːst/ (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈfɔɹkæst/ (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈfoːkɐːst/ === Verb === forecast (third-person singular simple present forecasts, present participle forecasting, simple past and past participle forecast or (common, but sometimes proscribed) forecasted) To estimate how something will be in the future. To foreshadow; to suggest something in advance. (obsolete) To contrive or plan beforehand. ==== Translations ==== === Noun === forecast (plural forecasts) An estimation of a future condition. A prediction of the weather. (gambling) exacta ==== Translations ==== === Derived terms === === Further reading === forecast on Wikipedia.Wikipedia “forecast”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “forecast”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. === Anagrams === Seacroft, fastcore