Word Study
forecasting (root: forecast)
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun forecasting has 1 sense
- forecasting(n = noun.communication) foretelling, prediction, prognostication - a statement made about the future; Array is a kind of statement
has particulars: extropy, fortunetelling, horoscope, meteorology, weather forecasting, forecast, prognosis, divination, prophecy
Derived form verb forecast1
CIDE DICTIONARY
forecasting, n.
The process of calculating and predicting future events, usually based on extrapolation from past experience, and with varying degress of uncertainty. [WordNet 1.5]
THESAURUS
forecasting
actuarial prediction, aerography, aerology, anemology, apocalypse, barometry, climatography, climatology, foreboding, forecast, foreshowing, foresight, foretelling, guesswork, improbability, long-range forecasting, meteorology, microclimatology, nephology, omen, pneumatics, prediction, prefiguration, prefigurement, prefiguring, presage, presaging, presentiment, preshowing, presignifying, probability, prognosis, prognostication, promise, prophecy, prophesying, prospectus, soothsay, speculation, statistical prediction, vaticination, weatherology
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