forecast

1. 1.

   a prediction about how something (as the weather) will develop

   Synonymsprognosis

   Broaderprediction

   Narrowerfinancial forecastweather forecast

Other forms of forecast

plural

forecasts·

past tense

forecasted·

present participle

forecasting·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about forecast

What does forecast mean?

forecast means "predict in advance". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in forecast?

forecast has 2 syllables: fore-cast. The stress falls on "fore". In IPA it is /ˈfɔɹˌkæst/.

What is another word for forecast?

Close synonyms include calculate, calculate, estimate, reckon, count on. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is forecast a common word?

forecast is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with forecast?

14 words rhyme with forecast. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.