forecast

English

Etymology

From Middle English forecasten, forcasten, equivalent to fore- +‎ cast. The noun is from Middle English forecast, forcast.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɔɹkæst/
• IPA^(key): /ˈfɔːkɑːst/

• Audio (US):

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Verb

forecast (third-person singular simple present forecasts, present participle forecasting, simple past and past participle forecast or forecasted)

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

   to forecast the weather

   to forecast a storm

2. To foreshadow; to suggest something in advance.
3. (obsolete) To contrive or plan beforehand.
   • (Can we date this quote by John Milton and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

     If it happen as I did forecast.

Translations

estimate future conditions

• Afrikaans: voorspel
• Arabic: تَنَبَّأَ (tanabbaʔa)
• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Bulgarian: предви́ждам (bg) (predvíždam), предска́звам (bg) (predskázvam)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 預測／预测 (zh) (yùcè), 预测 (zh) (yùcè), 預報／预报 (zh) (yùbào)

• Dutch: voorspellen (nl)
• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: ennustaa (fi), ennakoida (fi)
• French: prévoir (fr)
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: vorhersagen (de), prognostizieren (de)
• Greek: please add this translation if you can
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Indonesian: ramal (id), meramal (id), mengira (id), memperkirakan (id)
• Italian: prevedere (it)
• Japanese: 予想する (ja) (よそうする, yosō suru)
• Maori: matapae
• Norwegian: forutsi (no), predikere
• Portuguese: prever (pt)
• Russian: предска́зывать (ru) impf (predskázyvatʹ), предсказа́ть (ru) pf (predskazátʹ), прогнози́ровать (ru) impf (prognozírovatʹ), спрогнози́ровать (ru) pf (sprognozírovatʹ)
• Slovene: napovedati (sl)
• Spanish: predecir (es), pronosticar (es)
• Swedish: förutsäga (sv), förutse (sv)
• Thai: พยากรณ์ (pá-yaa-gɔɔn), ทำนาย (th) (tam-naai)
• Turkish: please add this translation if you can

Noun

forecast (plural forecasts)

1. An estimation of a future condition.
2. A prediction of the weather.

   • What's the forecast for tomorrow?

3. (gambling) Exacta.

Translations

estimation

• Afrikaans: voorspelling
• Arabic: تَوَقُّع m (tawaqquʕ)
• Belarusian: прагно́з m (prahnóz)
• Bulgarian: предвиждане (bg) n (predviždane)
• Catalan: calendari (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 預報／预报 (zh) (yùbào), 预报 (zh) (yùbào), 預測／预测 (zh) (yùcè), 预测 (zh) (yùcè)

• Czech: předpověď f
• Dutch: voorspelling (nl) f, schatting (nl) f
• Esperanto: prognozo
• Finnish: ennuste (fi), ennakkoarvio
• French: prévision (fr) f
• Galician: prognóstico
• German: Schätzung (de) f, Vorhersage (de) f, Prognose (de) f
• Hungarian: becslés (hu)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Irish: réamhaisnéis f
• Italian: previsione (it)
• Japanese: 予想 (ja) (よそう, yosō), 予報 (ja) (よほう, yohō)
• Korean: 예상 (ko) (yesang), 예보 (ko) (yebo)
• Maori: matapae
• Persian: پیشبینی
• Polish: prognoza (pl) f, zapowiedź (pl) f
• Portuguese: previsão (pt) f
• Russian: предсказа́ние (ru) n (predskazánije), прогно́з (ru) m (prognóz), предви́дение (ru) n (predvídenije)
• Slovak: predpoveď f
• Slovene: napoved f
• Spanish: pronóstico (es) m, previsión (es) f
• Swedish: förhandsberäkning c, utsikt (sv) c
• Tagalog: hulaysay
• Ukrainian: прогно́з (uk) m (prohnóz), передба́чення (uk) n (peredbáčennja)

weather prediction

• Afrikaans: weervoorspelling
• Arabic: تَوَقُّعَات طَقْس f pl (tawaqquʕāt ṭaqs)
• Belarusian: прагно́з m (prahnóz)
• Bulgarian: прогно́за (bg) f (prognóza)
• Catalan: calendari (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 預報／预报 (zh) (yùbào), 预报 (zh) (yùbào), 天氣預報／天气预报 (tiānqì yùbào), 天气预报 (tiānqì yùbào)

• Czech: předpověď f
• Dutch: weersvoorspelling (nl) f
• Esperanto: veterprognozo
• Finnish: sääennuste (fi)
• French: prévision (fr) f, prévision météorologique f, prévision météo f
• Georgian: პროგნოზი (ṗrognozi), ამინდის პროგნოზი (ka) (amindis ṗrognozi)
• German: Wettervorhersage (de) f, Vorhersage (de) f, Wettervorhersage (de) f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Hungarian: időjárásjelentés (hu)
• Indonesian: ramalan cuaca (id)
• Irish: réamhaisnéis f
• Japanese: 天気予報 (tenki yohō)
• Macedonian: прогноза f (prognoza)
• Maori: matapae
• Portuguese: previsão (pt) f
• Russian: прогно́з (ru) m (prognóz), прогно́з пого́ды m (prognóz pogódy)
• Slovene: napoved f
• Spanish: pronóstico del tiempo m
• Swedish: väderprognos (sv) c, prognos (sv) c
• Tagalog: hulaysay
• Ukrainian: прогно́з (uk) m (prohnóz)
• Vietnamese: dự báo
• Welsh: rhagolygon (cy) m pl

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Indonesian: ^{(please verify)} ramalan (id)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: ^{(please verify)} previsione (it)

Derived terms

• (gambling): reverse forecast

Further reading

• “forecast”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “forecast”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

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