Antonyms for forecast


Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : fawr-kast, -kahst, fohr-
Phonetic Transcription : ˈfɔrˌkæst, -ˌkɑst, ˈfoʊr-


Definition of forecast

Origin :
  • late 14c., "to scheme," from fore- "before" + casten "contrive." Meaning "predict events" first attested late 15c. Related: Forecasted; forecasting.
  • noun prediction, often of weather or business
  • verb predict, guess
Example sentences :
  • A physician's forecast of the disease by the patient's pulse and purse.
  • Extract from : « The Devil's Dictionary » by Ambrose Bierce
  • Was there anything in the forecast of the night that made him falter?
  • Extract from : « Bride of the Mistletoe » by James Lane Allen
  • But I knew 'twas Beriah's forecast or he wouldn't have been so sure of it.
  • Extract from : « Cape Cod Stories » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • By her own desire she passed it quietly, and had leisure to review and to forecast.
  • Extract from : « Love and Lucy » by Maurice Henry Hewlett
  • This forecast may seem to be of a highly conjectural nature.
  • Extract from : « Impressions of South Africa » by James Bryce
  • As “Cobbler” Horn looked at his cousin, he knew that he was not mistaken in his forecast.
  • Extract from : « The Golden Shoemaker » by J. W. Keyworth
  • He justified her forecast; it was minutes before he spoke again.
  • Extract from : « Tristram of Blent » by Anthony Hope
  • The events of the afternoon, indeed, did not promise favorably for my forecast.
  • Extract from : « My New Curate » by P.A. Sheehan
  • But when the second growth begun to show up red she had to revise her forecast.
  • Extract from : « Torchy As A Pa » by Sewell Ford
  • In the past it has been an armory of platitudes or a forecast of punishments.
  • Extract from : « A Preface to Politics » by Walter Lippmann

Synonyms for forecast

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