forecasting

Other forms of forecasting

plural

forecastings·

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 forecasting

What does forecasting mean?

forecasting means "a statement made about the future".

How many syllables are in forecasting?

forecasting has 3 syllables: fore-cas-ting. The stress falls on "fore". In IPA it is /ˈfɔɹˌkæstɪŋ/.

What is another word for forecasting?

Close synonyms include prediction, foretelling, prognostication. 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 forecasting a common word?

forecasting is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. 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 forecasting?

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