forecast
IPA: fˈɔrkæst
noun
- An estimation of a future condition.
- A prediction of the weather.
- (gambling) exacta
verb
- To estimate how something will be in the future.
- To foreshadow; to suggest something in advance.
- (obsolete) To contrive or plan beforehand.
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Examples of "forecast" in Sentences
- Manages budget, short term forecast and strategy plan processes.
- Now, these numbers that we're looking at here; this is what we call the forecast heat index.
- In New Jersey, the economic forecast is particularly onerous, said Jeffrey Otteau, a real estate analyst.
- However, the EIA short term forecast for WTI oil prices for the next couple of years still shows high oil prices.
- Still, the company cautioned that this forecast is ambitious due to the strong euro and rising generic-drug competition.
- The weather forecast is the same over half the year: "Sunny tomorrow with coastal fog extending inland night and morning."
- Also implicit in our forecast is the assumption that Canada will continue to maintain a climate receptive to foreign capital.
- If the forecast is accurate, temperatures will be dipping down below zero (as low as -10 F) which could be devastating for vineyards.
- Though the long-term forecast is hazy for players who have been linchpins for one of the decade's most successful teams, there's reason for optimism in the short run.
- "If they are profitable companies that have a future, have a footprint and are providing us with a medium to long-term forecast, that is positive economically for Ontario, that's the circumstance in which Ontario and Canada would enter into an agreement."
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