backcast
English
Alternative forms
- back-cast
Etymology
Blend of back + forecast.
Verb
backcast (third-person singular simple present backcasts, present participle backcasting, simple past and past participle backcasted)
- To identify the actions required in order to reach a proposed future.
- (Britain dialectal) To change retrospectively; reverse.
Noun
backcast (plural backcasts)
- A cast or throw back.
- A backward stroke, or a stroke driving one back.
- (figuratively) Any discouragement or cause of relapse or failure.
- (Britain dialectal) Misfortune; reverse; reversal; a relapse in health or illness; moral backsliding.
- (Britain dialectal) Retrospect; hindsight.
- (Britain dialectal) backwater
Adjective
backcast (comparative more backcast, superlative most backcast)
- (Britain dialectal) Retrospective.
Adverb
backcast (comparative more backcast, superlative most backcast)
- (Britain dialectal, of time) Long ago; in the past.
Anagrams
- scatback