forecast
[verb]
Synonyms:
- predict, anticipate, augur, divine, foresee, foretell, prophesy
[noun]
Synonyms:
- prediction, conjecture, guess, prognosis, prophecy

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Related Words: conjecture, guess, surmise, conclude, gather, infer

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English Thesaurus: predict, forecast, project, can say, foretell, ...

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

I. fore‧cast¹ /ˈfɔːkɑːst $ ˈfɔːrkæst/ noun [countable]
a description of what is likely to happen in the future, based on the information that you have now ⇒ prediction:
The weather forecast is good for tomorrow.
profit/sales/growth forecast
the company’s annual sales forecast

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

II. forecast² verb (past tense and past participle forecast or forecasted) [transitive]
[Date: 1400-1500; Origin: fore- + ⇒ cast¹ 'to arrange cleverly' (14-19 centuries)]
to make a statement saying what is likely to happen in the future, based on the information that you have now Synonym : predict:
Rain was forecast for the weekend.
forecast (that)
The Federal Reserve Bank forecasts that the economy will grow by 2% this year.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

forecast
noun
ADJ. good, optimistic, promising | gloomy, pessimistic | conservative | accurate, correct | detailed | revised | annual | early | long-range, long-term a long-range weather forecast
short-term a short-term forecast of the UK economy
official | economic, financial, market, traffic, weather | cash-flow, cost, earnings, growth, profit, revenue, sales
VERB + FORECAST prepare, produce | give, issue, make, provide The government has issued a pessimistic economic forecast.
revise, update | rely on | be in line with The interest rate is in line with the forecast.
FORECAST + VERB predict sth, say sth, suggest sth Some forecasts suggest that the increase in heart disease will continue for some time.
assume sth | be based on sth forecasts based on a complicated procedure
PREP. ~ about Forecasts about the economy are often misleading.
~ for forecasts for earnings forecasts for different sectors of the industry forecasts for the year

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

forecast
verb
ADV. accurately, correctly | originally higher costs than those originally forecast
VERB + FORECAST be difficult to, be hard to
PHRASES be widely forecast a result that was widely forecast

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

forecast

a weather forecast
The weather forecast for the weekend is fine and dry.
a shipping forecast (=a forecast about weather conditions at sea)
According to the shipping forecast, strong winds can be expected later today.
a sales forecast
The gloomy sales forecast sparked rumours that the company would be making job cuts.
a profit forecast
The company has cut its profit forecast by £18m to £570m.
a growth forecast (=one relating to an increase in the value of goods or services produced and sold)
The official growth forecasts for the economy are promising.
an economic forecast
The Bank of England revised its economic forecast in the wake of the figures.
a detailed forecast
A detailed forecast of the industry’s prospects has just been published.
optimistic (=expecting good things to happen)
In his speech, the President gave an optimistic forecast for the economy.
pessimistic/gloomy (=expecting bad things to happen)
Scientists have produced a gloomy forecast on the effects of global warming.
make a forecast
It is too early to make a forecast on what will happen.
give a forecast
Economists gave an upbeat forecast for the world economy.
provide a forecast
Analysts usually provide growth forecasts for no more than two years ahead.
revise a forecast (=change it because of new information)
The company has revised its sales forecast.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

predict to say that something will happen, before it happens:
In the future, it may be possible to predict earthquakes.
Scientists are trying to predict what the Amazon will look like in 20 years' time.
forecast to say what is likely to happen in the future, especially in relation to the weather or the economic or political situation:
They’re forecasting a hard winter.
Economists forecast that there would be a recession.
project to say what the amount, size, cost etc of something is likely to be in the future, using the information you have now:
The world’s population is projected to rise by 45%.
can say especially spoken be able to know what will happen in the future:
No one can say what the next fifty years will bring.
I can’t say exactly how much it will cost.
foretell to say correctly what will happen in the future, using special religious or magical powers:
The woman claimed that she had the gift of foretelling the future.
It all happened as the prophet had foretold.
prophesy to say that something will happen because you feel that it will, or by using special religious or magical powers:
He’s one of those people who are always prophesying disaster.
The coming of a great Messiah is prophesied in the Bible.
He prophesied that the world would end in 2012.
Marx prophesied that capitalism would destroy itself.
foresee to know that something is going to happen before it happens:
They should have foreseen these problems.
No one foresaw the outcome of the war.
have a premonition to have a strange feeling that something is about to happen, especially something bad, usually just before it happens:
Suddenly I had a strange premonition of danger ahead.

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