backcast

present singular third person backcasts · participle present backcasting · common error unknown tag participle past proscribed sometimes backcasted · common error unknown tag past proscribed sometimes backcasted · alternative back-cast

1. To identify the actions required in order to reach a proposed future.
2. UKdialectalTo change retrospectively; reverse.

plural backcasts · alternative back-cast

1. A cast or throw back.
2. A backward stroke, or a stroke driving one back.
3. figurativelyAny discouragement or cause of relapse or failure.
4. UKdialectalMisfortune; reverse; reversal; a relapse in health or illness; moral backsliding.
5. UKdialectalRetrospect; hindsight.
6. UKdialectalbackwater

comparative more backcast · superlative most backcast · alternative back-cast

1. UKdialectalRetrospective.

comparative more backcast · superlative most backcast · alternative back-cast

1. UKdialectalLong ago; in the past.

   Synonyms: of old, way back