Synonyms for forecast
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : fawr-kast, -kahst, fohr- |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈfɔrˌkæst, -ˌkɑst, ˈfoʊr- |
Top 10 synonyms for forecast Other synonyms for the word forecast
- adumbrate
- anticipation
- augury
- call the turn
- cast
- conjecture
- demonstrate
- divination
- divine
- dope out
- figure
- figure out
- foreknowledge
- foreseeing
- foresight
- foretelling
- forethought
- foretoken
- gather
- gauge
- guess
- in the cards
- infer
- outlook
- plan
- planning
- portend
- precognition
- predetermine
- presage
- prescience
- prevision
- prognosis
- prognosticate
- prognostication
- projection
- prophecy
- prophesy
- reason
- see it coming
- soothsay
- surmise
- telegraph
Définition 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
- 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
Antonyms for forecast
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