FORECAST
Dictionary entry overview: What does forecast mean?
• FORECAST (noun)
The noun FORECAST has 1 sense:
1. a prediction about how something (as the weather) will develop
Familiarity information: FORECAST used as a noun is very rare.
• FORECAST (verb)
The verb FORECAST has 3 senses:
1. predict in advance
2. judge to be probable
3. indicate by signs
Familiarity information: FORECAST used as a verb is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• FORECAST (noun)
Meaning:
A prediction about how something (as the weather) will develop
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
forecast; prognosis
Hypernyms ("forecast" is a kind of...):
forecasting; foretelling; prediction; prognostication (a statement made about the future)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "forecast"):
financial forecast (a forecast of the expected financial position and the results of operations and cash flows based on expected conditions)
weather forecast; weather outlook (a forecast of the weather)
• FORECAST (verb)
Meaning:
Predict in advance
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
forecast; calculate
Hypernyms (to "forecast" is one way to...):
anticipate; call; forebode; foretell; predict; prognosticate; promise (make a prediction about; tell in advance)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Meaning:
Judge to be probable
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
count on; figure; reckon; forecast; estimate; calculate
Hypernyms (to "forecast" is one way to...):
evaluate; judge; pass judgment (form a critical opinion of)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "forecast"):
allow; take into account (allow or plan for a certain possibility; concede the truth or validity of something)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Meaning:
Indicate by signs
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
presage; portend; omen; foreshadow; bode; auspicate; augur; predict; prognosticate; betoken; prefigure; forecast; foretell
Context example:
These signs bode bad news
Hypernyms (to "forecast" is one way to...):
bespeak; betoken; indicate; point; signal (be a signal for or a symptom of)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "forecast"):
threaten (to be a menacing indication of something:)
foreshow (foretell by divine inspiration)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s something
