Read full poem →Foundation of the sky,
In Heaven forecast
And long'd for from eternity,
Dictionary Entry
An estimation of a future condition.
In a Sentence
“The weather forecast predicts rain for tomorrow afternoon.”
Origin
Middle English, from Old English fore‑ ‘before’ + casten ‘to throw’
Common Phrases
. forecasterror forecastforecast weatherforecast sales
Poetry examples for “forecast”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →Such are we now. Ah! may our hope forecast
Indeed one hour again, when on this stream
Read full poem →He did not die till late November came.
Things did not come as Doctor Jones forecast,
'Twas June when Mary Morgan had her child.
Read full poem →WIL. Let be, as may be, that is past;
That is to come, let be forecast:
Now tell us what thou hast seen.
Read full poem →Man lives that list, that leaning in the will
No wisdom can forecast by gauge or guess,
The selfless self of self, most strange, most still,
Read full poem →The authors desire to express their grateful acknowledg-
ments to Maj. H. C. Bate, the local forecast official and sec-
tion director of the weather bureau at Nashville, for con-
Read full poem →Believe me I have thither packt the worst:
And, if it happen as I did forecast,
The daintiest dishes shall be serv'd up last.
Read full poem →These the fates of men forecast,
Of better men than live to-day;