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FORECAST

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

forecast; prognosis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("forecast" is a kind of...):

forecasting; foretelling; prediction; prognostication (a statement made about the future)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "forecast"):

financial forecast (a forecast of the expected financial position and the results of operations and cash flows based on expected conditions)

weather forecast; weather outlook (a forecast of the weather)

Derivation:

forecast (judge to be probable)

forecast (indicate, as with a sign or an omen)

forecast (predict in advance)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Judge to be probable

Synonyms:

calculate; count on; estimate; figure; forecast; reckon

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Hypernyms (to "forecast" is one way to...):

evaluate; judge; pass judgment (form a critical opinion of)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "forecast"):

allow; take into account (allow or plan for a certain possibility; concede the truth or validity of something)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

Derivation:

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

forecaster (someone who makes predictions of the future (usually on the basis of special knowledge))

Sense 2

Meaning:

Indicate, as with a sign or an omen

Example:

These signs bode bad news

Synonyms:

augur; auspicate; betoken; bode; forecast; foreshadow; foretell; omen; portend; predict; prefigure; presage; prognosticate

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "forecast" is one way to...):

bespeak; betoken; indicate; point; signal (be a signal for or a symptom of)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "forecast"):

threaten (to be a menacing indication of something)

foreshow (foretell by divine inspiration)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s something

Derivation:

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

Sense 3

Meaning:

Predict in advance

Synonyms:

calculate; forecast

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "forecast" is one way to...):

anticipate; call; forebode; foretell; predict; prognosticate; promise (make a prediction about; tell in advance)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

Derivation:

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

forecaster (someone who makes predictions of the future (usually on the basis of special knowledge))

forecasting (a statement made about the future)

Credits

 Context examples: 

You have one of the very finest forecasts for December of any sign of the zodiac, dear Virgo.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

According to France’s Ministry of Ecological and Solidarity Transition, the forecast peak for the Seine is about four to five meters above its normal height.

(France's Flooding Rains Examined by NASA’s IMERG, NASA)

Depending on the predictions of climate change forecasts, this approach may also allow us to estimate where they might end up in the future.

(Past climate change pushed birds from the northern hemisphere to the tropics, University of Cambridge)

The findings have implications for understanding and better forecasting the arrival of energetic electrons from space, which can damage satellites and threaten the health of space-walking astronauts.

(Six-decade-old space mystery solved with shoebox-sized satellite called a CubeSat, National Science Foundation)

An international study spearheaded by Brazilian scientists forecasts the continuation of the deforestation in the Brazilian savanna, known as cerrado.

(Species native to Brazil savanna likely to face extinction, Agência Brasil)

His most conspicuous trait was an ability to scent the wind and forecast it a night in advance.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

India, a predominantly agricultural country, has some 60 per cent of its total sown area under rainfed farming, making scientific forecasts of rainfall patterns vital to the country’s economy.

(Cave stalagmites reveal India’s rainfall secrets, SciDev.Net)

The larger than expected forecast was caused by heavy June rains throughout the Mississippi River watershed.

(2015 Gulf of Mexico dead zone ‘above average’, NOAA)

Through a combination of satellite measurements and ground-based population counts, researchers can forecast the timing of fawning seasons based on vegetation.

(Tracking Deer by NASA Satellite, NASA)

Had she not forecast the future, and were there not times when in the loneliness of her chamber she was heard to hold converse with some being upon whom mortal eye never rested—some dark familiar who passed where doors were barred and windows high?

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)