Used in a Sentence

forecast

How to use forecast in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for forecast.

Editorial note

As far as I know, it's the forecast that missed the reality.

Examples13
Definitions4
Parts of speech2

Quick take

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

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of forecast gathered in one view.

noun

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

verb

predict in advance

verb

judge to be probable

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for forecast.

noun

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

verb

predict in advance

verb

indicate by signs; "These signs bode bad news"

Example sentences

1

As far as I know, it's the forecast that missed the reality.

2

A buyer of a house needs to be able to forecast future tax payments to make an informed decision.

3

Ok, now if a company releases forecasts, they must release the model they used to generate the forecast.

4

Most of the comments in this thread are talking about the units for personal height, weight, local road signs or for the weather forecast.

5

What do they say when they forecast on agricultural prices and the actual weather influenced the production?

6

[0] I worked directly with the official surveillance data and used it to model And forecast the worldwide spread of the virus.

7

It does, in fact GPS positioning error, derived from fixed GPS stations, is often used as an input for weather forecast models like WRF.

8

It's always so much easier to explain what happened, that to forecast the future...But Glitch repeated some of the same mistakes that others have done in the past.

9

Not only did he get in trouble for spending a lot on fixing the problem, people were furious that he blew a $50m hole in their expected revenue forecast.

10

Particularly, attempting to answer requires us to forecast whether the rate of advancement in ageing research is speeding up or slowing down.

11

The founder sat down with everyone and said that we had an important decision to make: Do we build something that grows or do we build something that evolves?Neither way forward was presented as an obvious win. Building something that grows meant overengineering and trying to forecast the future.

12

The moment the hurricane forecast shows one headed for a populated area they start packing and dispatching semis of AA/C/D/9V batteries to all the Walmarts, Targets, Grocery Stores, etc in that area.

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And while there's something delightfully surreal in listening to the mundania of local traffic and news reports, if you happen to be in a wilderness location trying to find a reliable weather forecast, "area conditions" doesn't do much for you.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use forecast in a sentence?

As far as I know, it's the forecast that missed the reality.

What does forecast mean?

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

What part of speech is forecast?

forecast is commonly used as noun, verb.