forecasting

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noun

A forecast or prediction.

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predictionforetellingprognostication
OriginMiddle English forcastyng →
CommonScrabble 17
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Meanings

forecasting1

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of forecast

forecasting2

nounforecasting (plural forecastings)

plural forecastings

  1. A forecast or prediction.

    There were sneers, and scoffs, and inuendoes of some; prophecies of failure in a hundred ways; forecastings of non-completion, forecastings of swift dissolution and crashing ruin[…]

    1852, The Dublin University Magazine, page 66

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna statement made about the future

Similar
predictionforetellingprognostication
Broader
statement
Also see
foretellingpredictionprognostication

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

forecasting · verb

From forecast + -ing.

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forecasting · noun

  1. Middle Englishforcastyng
  2. Englishforecasting

From Middle English forcastyng, forcastynge, equivalent to forecast + -ing.

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Translations

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APA

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MLA

“forecasting.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/forecasting. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “forecasting,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/forecasting.

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