forecast

English

Etymology

From Middle English forecasten, forcasten, equivalent to fore- +‎ cast.The noun is from Middle English forecast, forcast.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈfɔːkɑːst/
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈfɔɹkæst/
Audio (GA) (file)

Verb

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 1050806759, page 64:
  And, if it happen as I did forecaſt, / The dainteſt diſhes ſhall be ſerv'd up laſt.

Translations

estimate future conditions

Afrikaans: voorspel
Arabic: تَنَبَّأَ‎ (tanabbaʾa)
Armenian: կանխատեսել (hy) (kanxatesel)
Belarusian: прадка́зваць impf (pradkázvacʹ), прадказа́ць pf (pradkazácʹ), прагназава́ць impf (prahnazavácʹ), прагназі́раваць impf (prahnazíravacʹ)
Bulgarian: предви́ждам (bg) (predvíždam), предска́звам (bg) (predskázvam)
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: please add this translation if you can
German: vorhersagen (de), prognostizieren (de)
Greek: προβλέπω (el) (provlépo)
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 (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)

Noun

forecast (plural forecasts)

An estimation of a future condition.
1. A prediction of the weather.
  What's the forecast for tomorrow?
(gambling) exacta

Derived terms

reverse forecast
shipping forecast
weather forecast

Translations

estimation of future condition

Afrikaans: voorspelling
Albanian: parashikim (sq) m
Arabic: تَوَقُّع‎ m (tawaqquʿ)
Armenian: կանխատեսում (hy) (kanxatesum)
Belarusian: прагно́з m (prahnóz), прадказа́нне n (pradkazánnje)
Bulgarian: предви́ждане (bg) n (predvíždane)
Catalan: calendari (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 預報／预报 (zh) (yùbào), 預測／预测 (zh) (yùcè)
Czech: předpověď (cs) f
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)
German: Schätzung (de) f, Vorhersage (de) f, Prognose (de) f
Greek: πρόβλεψη (el) f (próvlepsi)
Hebrew: תַּחֲזִית‎ (he) f (tachazít)
Hindi: पूर्वानुमान (hi) m (pūrvānumān)
Hungarian: becslés (hu)
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)
Maori: matapae
Persian: پیش‌بینی‎ (fa) (piš-bini), پیشگویی‎ (fa) (pišguyi)
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)
Swedish: förhandsberäkning c, utsikt (sv) c
Tagalog: hulaysay
Tajik: пешгӯӣ (pešgüī), пешбинӣ (pešbinī)
Thai: การพยากรณ์
Ukrainian: прогно́з (uk) m (prohnóz), передба́чення (uk) n (peredbáčennja)
Uzbek: bashorat (uz), prognoz (uz)

weather prediction — see weather forecast

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Indonesian: ^{(please verify)} ramalan (id)

Arabic: ^{(please verify)} تَوَقُّعَات طَقْس‎ f pl (tawaqquʿāt ṭaqs)
Armenian: ^{(please verify)} եղանակի տեսություն (ełanaki tesutʿyun)
Azerbaijani: ^{(please verify)} proqnoz
Belarusian: ^{(please verify)} прагно́з m (prahnóz)
Bulgarian: ^{(please verify)} прогно́за (bg) f (prognóza)
Catalan: ^{(please verify)} calendari (ca) m
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)
Latvian: ^{(please verify)} prognoze f
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 (pešgüī), ^{(please verify)} пешбинӣ (pešbinī), ^{(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

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