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From Middle English forecasten , forcasten , equivalent to fore- + cast .
The noun is from Middle English forecast , forcast .
forecast (third-person singular simple present forecasts , present participle forecasting , simple past and past participle forecast or forecasted )
To estimate how something will be in the future .
to forecast the weather, or a storm
to forecast a rise in prices
2020 May 6, Graeme Pickering, “Borders Railway: time for the next step”, in Rail , page 52 :Within six months, the total number of passengers forecast to use the line in the entire first year (650,000) had already been passed. For the first 12 months, the figure was in excess of 1.2 million. And overall, it has grown year-on-year, reaching over two million in 2018-19.
To foreshadow ; to suggest something in advance .
( obsolete ) To contrive or plan beforehand.
1626 (date written), John Milton, “At a Vacation Exercise in the Colledge, [ … ] ”, in Poems, &c. upon Several Occasions , London: [ … ] Tho[ mas] Dring [ … ] , published 1673 , →OCLC , page 64 :And, if it happen as I did forecaſt , / The dainteſt diſhes ſhall be ſerv'd up laſt.
estimate future conditions
Afrikaans: voorspel
Arabic: تَنَبَّأَ ( tanabbaʔa )
Armenian: կանխատեսել (hy) ( kanxatesel )
Belarusian: прадка́зваць impf ( pradkázvacʹ ) , прадказа́ць pf ( pradkazácʹ ) , прагназава́ць impf ( prahnazavácʹ ) , прагназі́раваць impf ( prahnazíravacʹ )
Bulgarian: предви́ждам (bg) ( predvíždam ) , предска́звам (bg) ( predskázvam )
Catalan: predir (ca) , preveure (ca) , pronosticar (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 預測 / 预测 (zh) ( yùcè ) , 預報 / 预报 (zh) ( yùbào )
Czech: předpovídat (cs) impf , předpovědět pf
Dutch: voorspellen (nl)
Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: ennustaa (fi) , ennakoida (fi)
French: prévoir (fr)
Georgian: წინასწარმეტყველებს ( c̣inasc̣armeṭq̇velebs ) , განჭვრეტს ( ganč̣vreṭs ) , პროგნოზირებს ( ṗrognozirebs ) , პროგნოზს აკეთებს ( ṗrognozs aḳetebs )
German: vorhersagen (de) , prognostizieren (de)
Greek: προβλέπω (el) ( provlépo )
Hawaiian: wānana
Indonesian: ramal (id) , meramal (id) , mengira (id) , memperkirakan (id)
Italian: prevedere (it)
Japanese: 予想する (ja) ( よそうする, yosō suru )
Korean: 예상하다 (ko) ( yesanghada )
Maori: matapae
Norwegian: forutsi (no) , predikere
Persian: پیشبینی کردن ( piš-bini kardan )
Polish: przepowiadać (pl) impf , przepowiedzieć (pl) pf
Portuguese: prever (pt)
Russian: предска́зывать (ru) impf ( predskázyvatʹ ) , предсказа́ть (ru) pf ( predskazátʹ ) , прогнози́ровать (ru) impf ( prognozírovatʹ ) , спрогнози́ровать (ru) pf ( sprognozírovatʹ )
Slovak: predpovedať impf or pf
Slovene: napovedati (sl)
Spanish: predecir (es) , pronosticar (es)
Swedish: förutsäga (sv) , förutse (sv)
Thai: พยากรณ์ (th) ( pá-yaa-gɔɔn ) , ทำนาย (th) ( tam-naai )
Turkish: please add this translation if you can
Ukrainian: передбача́ти impf ( peredbačáty ) , передба́чити pf ( peredbáčyty ) , прогнозува́ти impf ( prohnozuváty ) , спрогнозува́ти pf ( sprohnozuváty )
Welsh: proffwydo (cy)
forecast (plural forecasts )
An estimation of a future condition.
A prediction of the weather .
What's the forecast for tomorrow?
2024 April 19, Charles Hugh Smith, Living on Uneasy Street [1] :It's nice to anticipate sunny weather, but it's a good idea to carry an umbrella just in case the forecasts prove overly optimistic.
( gambling ) exacta
estimation of future condition
Afrikaans: voorspelling
Albanian: parashikim (sq) m
Arabic: تَوَقُّع m ( tawaqquʕ )
Armenian: կանխատեսում (hy) ( kanxatesum ) , պրոգնոզ (hy) ( prognoz )
Azerbaijani: proqnoz
Belarusian: прагно́з m ( prahnóz ) , прадказа́нне n ( pradkazánnje )
Bengali: পূর্বানুমান ( purbanuman )
Bulgarian: предви́ждане (bg) n ( predvíždane ) , прогно́за (bg) f ( prognóza )
Catalan: previsió (ca) f , pronòstic m , predicció (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 預報 / 预报 (zh) ( yùbào ) , 預測 / 预测 (zh) ( yùcè )
Czech: předpověď (cs) f
Danish: forudsigelse c , udsigt c
Dutch: voorspelling (nl) f , schatting (nl) f
Esperanto: prognozo
Estonian: ennustus , prognoos
Finnish: ennuste (fi) , ennakkoarvio
French: prévision (fr) f
Galician: prognóstico (gl)
Georgian: პროგნოზი ( ṗrognozi ) , წინასწარმეტყველება ( c̣inasc̣armeṭq̇veleba )
German: Schätzung (de) f , Vorhersage (de) f , Prognose (de) f
Greek: πρόβλεψη (el) f ( próvlepsi )
Hebrew: תַּחֲזִית (he) f ( takhazít )
Hindi: पूर्वानुमान (hi) m ( pūrvānumān ) , पेशगोई (hi) f ( peśgoī )
Hungarian: becslés (hu)
Icelandic: spá (is) f
Indonesian: prakiraan (id) , ramalan (id)
Irish: réamhaisnéis f
Italian: previsione (it)
Japanese: 予想 (ja) ( よそう, yosō ) , 予報 (ja) ( よほう, yohō )
Kazakh: болжам (kk) ( boljam ) , болжал ( boljal )
Korean: 예상(豫想) (ko) ( yesang ) , 예보(豫報) (ko) ( yebo )
Kyrgyz: болжол (ky) ( boljol )
Latvian: prognoze f
Lithuanian: prognozė (lt) f
Macedonian: прогно́за f ( prognóza )
Malay: ramalan (ms)
Maori: matapae
Norwegian:
Bokmål: varsling m or f
Persian:
Iranian Persian: پیشبینی (fa) ( piš-bini ) , پیشگویی (fa) ( piš-guyi )
Polish: prognoza (pl) f , zapowiedź (pl) f
Portuguese: previsão (pt) f
Romanian: prognoză (ro) f
Russian: предсказа́ние (ru) n ( predskazánije ) , прогно́з (ru) m ( prognóz ) , предви́дение (ru) n ( predvídenije )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: прогно́за f , предсказање n
Roman: prognóza (sh) f , predskazanje (sh) n
Slovak: predpoveď f
Slovene: napoved f
Spanish: pronóstico (es) m , previsión (es) f
Swahili: utabiri (sw) class u
Swedish: förhandsberäkning c , utsikt (sv) c
Tagalog: hulaysay
Tajik: пешгӯӣ ( pešgüi ) , пешбинӣ ( pešbini )
Thai: การพยากรณ์ (th) ( gaan-pá-yaa-gɔɔn )
Turkish: tahmin (tr)
Ukrainian: прогно́з (uk) m ( prohnóz ) , передба́чення (uk) n ( peredbáčennja )
Urdu: پیش گوئی f ( peś goī )
Uzbek: bashorat (uz) , prognoz (uz)
Vietnamese: dự báo (預報 ), dự đoán (vi) (預斷 )
Translations to be checked
Arabic: (please verify ) تَوَقُّعَات طَقْس f pl ( tawaqquʕāt ṭaqs )
Armenian: (please verify ) եղանակի տեսություն ( eġanaki tesutʻyun )
Azerbaijani: (please verify ) proqnoz
Belarusian: (please verify ) прагно́з m ( prahnóz )
Bulgarian: (please verify ) прогно́за (bg) f ( prognóza )
Chinese:
Mandarin: (please verify ) 預報 / 预报 (zh) ( yùbào ) , (please verify ) 天氣 預報 / 天气 预报 ( tiānqì yùbào )
Czech: (please verify ) předpověď (cs) f
Dutch: (please verify ) weersvoorspelling (nl) f
Estonian: (please verify ) prognoos
French: (please verify ) prévision (fr) f , (please verify ) prévision météorologique f , (please verify ) prévision météo f
Georgian: (please verify ) პროგნოზი ( ṗrognozi ) , (please verify ) ამინდის პროგნოზი ( amindis ṗrognozi )
German: (please verify ) Wettervorhersage (de) f , (please verify ) Vorhersage (de) f , (please verify ) Wettervorhersage (de) f
Hindi: (please verify ) पूर्वानुमान (hi) m ( pūrvānumān )
Hungarian: (please verify ) időjárásjelentés (hu)
Indonesian: (please verify ) ramalan cuaca (id)
Irish: (please verify ) réamhaisnéis f
Japanese: (please verify ) 天気 予報 ( tenki yohō ) , (please verify ) 予報 (ja) ( よほう, yohō )
Korean: (please verify ) 일기예보(日氣豫報) (ko) ( ilgiyebo ) , (please verify ) 예보(豫報) (ko) ( yebo )
Lithuanian: (please verify ) prognozė (lt) f
Macedonian: (please verify ) прогно́за f ( prognóza )
Maori: (please verify ) matapae
Persian: (please verify ) پیشبینی (fa) ( piš-bini )
Portuguese: (please verify ) previsão (pt) f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: (please verify ) прогно́за f
Roman: (please verify ) prognóza (sh) f
Slovak: (please verify ) predpoveď f
Slovene: (please verify ) napoved f
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: (please verify ) pśedpowěsć f , (please verify ) prognoza f
Upper Sorbian: (please verify ) předpowědź f , (please verify ) prognoza f
Swahili: (please verify ) utabiri wa hali ya anga (sw) , (please verify ) utabiri wa hali ya hewa
Swedish: (please verify ) väderprognos (sv) c , (please verify ) prognos (sv) c
Tagalog: (please verify ) hulaysay
Tajik: (please verify ) пешгӯӣ ( pešgüi ) , (please verify ) пешбинӣ ( pešbini ) , (please verify ) прогноз ( prognoz )
Ukrainian: (please verify ) прогно́з (uk) m ( prohnóz )
Uzbek: (please verify ) prognoz (uz)
Vietnamese: (please verify ) dự báo
Welsh: (please verify ) rhagolygon (cy) m pl
forecast on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
“forecast ”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary , Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam , 1913 , →OCLC .
“forecast ”, in The Century Dictionary [ … ] , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co. , 1911 , →OCLC .