forecast

present singular third person forecasts · participle present forecasting · common error unknown tag participle past proscribed sometimes forecasted · common error unknown tag past proscribed sometimes forecasted

1. To estimate how something will be in the future.

   to forecast a rise in prices

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   to forecast the weather, or a storm

   This year alone, Japan is forecasted to install solar panels with the capacity of five to seven modern nuclear reactors.

   2013 June 21, Chico Harlan, “After Fukushima, Japan beginning to see the light in solar energy”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 2, archived from the original on 14 Mar 2022, page 30

   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.

   2020 May 6, Graeme Pickering, “Borders Railway: time for the next step”, in Rail, page 52

   In September, Lichtman officially forecast that Harris would win the election, based on the keys.

   2024 November 8, Joe Edwards, “Allan Lichtman Admits He Was Wrong About Harris Election Win, Explains Why”, in Newsweek, archived from the original on 12 Nov 2024

2. To foreshadow; to suggest something in advance.
3. obsoleteTo contrive or plan beforehand.

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

   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, page 64

plural forecasts

1. An estimation of a future condition.

   The forecast is for rain, so let's move the picnic back a week.

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   The forecast calls for a slight warming trend in the coming days, with sunny skies and daytime temperatures reaching the midteens on Sunday and Monday, when the men will hit the snowboard course.

   2022 February 4, John Branch, “U.S. snowboarder Jamie Anderson qualifies for the slopestyle final.”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 29 Nov 2022

   It's nice to anticipate sunny weather, but it's a good idea to carry an umbrella just in case the forecasts prove overly optimistic.

   2024 April 19, Charles Hugh Smith, Living on Uneasy Street, archived from the original on 05 Jul 2024

   1. A prediction of the weather.

      The forecast said it'll be blowy tomorrow

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