forecast
US: /ˈfɔɹˌkæst/
UK: /fˈɔːkɑːst/
UK: /fˈɔːkɑːst/
English Vietnamese dictionary
forecast /fɔ:'kɑ:st/
- danh từ
- sự dự đoán trước; sự dự báo trước
- weather forecast: dự báo thời tiết
- (từ hiếm,nghĩa hiếm) sự biết lo xa
- sự dự đoán trước; sự dự báo trước
- ngoại động từ, forecast, forecasted
- dự đoán, đoán trước; dự báo
- to forecast the weather: đự báo thời tiết
- dự đoán, đoán trước; dự báo
Advanced English dictionary
noun, verb
+ noun
a statement about what will happen in the future, based on information that is available now: sales forecasts + It is difficult to make long-term forecasts for a fast-growing industry. + The forecast said there would be sunny intervals and showers. + The shipping forecast gave warnings of gales.
See also -
+ verb (forecast, forecast) or (forecasted, forecasted) to say what you think will happen in the future based on information that you have nowSynonym: PREDICT [VN] Experts are forecasting a recovery in the economy. + Snow is forecast for tomorrow. + Temperatures were forecast to reach 40?C. + It is difficult to forecast the demand for the new train service. + [V that] The report forecasts that prices will rise by 3% next month. [also V wh-](also forecast)
+ noun
a description, for example on the radio or television, of what the weather will be like tomorrow or for the next few days: There's a good weather forecast for tomorrow.
Thesaurus dictionary
v.
1 predict, foretell, prophesy, prognosticate, foresee, augur, presage, vaticinate, anticipate; forewarn, calculate:
Seers forecast coming events; meteorologists forecast the weather.
n.
2 prediction, prophecy, prognosis, prognostication, foresight, augury, vaticination, anticipation; forewarning, calculation:
Have you heard the weather forecast for tomorrow?
Collocation dictionary
ADJ.
good, optimistic, promising | gloomy, pessimistic | conservative | accurate, correct | detailed | revised | annual | early | long-range, long-term
a long-range weather forecast
| short-term
a short-term forecast of the UK economy
| official | economic, financial, market, traffic, weather | cash-flow, cost, earnings, growth, profit, revenue, sales
VERB + FORECAST
prepare, produce | give, issue, make, provide
The government has issued a pessimistic economic forecast.
| revise, update | rely on | be in line with
The interest rate is in line with the forecast.
FORECAST + VERB
predict sth, say sth, suggest sth
Some forecasts suggest that the increase in heart disease will continue for some time.
| assume sth | be based on sth
forecasts based on a complicated procedure
PREP.
~ about
Forecasts about the economy are often misleading.
| ~ for
forecasts for earnings forecasts for different sectors of the industry forecasts for the year
ADV.
accurately, correctly | originally
higher costs than those originally forecast
VERB + FORECAST
be difficult to, be hard to
PHRASES
be widely forecast
a result that was widely forecast
Concise English dictionary
forecasts|forecastingfɔrkæst /fɔːkɑːst
noun
+a prediction about how something (as the weather) will develop
verb
+predict in advance
+judge to be probable
+indicate by signs
