forecasting

Speech parts

1. forecasting - Noun

2. forecasting - Verb

Meaning

a statement made about the future

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

prediction foretelling prognostication provident NOAA meteorological meteorology National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration zodiacal portent augur prognostic sign planning estimate
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Antonyms

gospel fact evidence axiom accuracy confidence
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Hypernyms

statement

Hyponyms

meteorology prophecy forecast divination prognosis horoscope

Phrases with the word

long-range forecasting

Examples

The only function of economic forecasting is to make astrology look respectable. John Kenneth Galbraith

Forecasting by bureaucrats tends to be used for anxiety relief rather than for adequate policy making. Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Economic forecasting has actually got pretty good over the years, though admittedly, we don't always get it right. Eric Maskin

Investing is an activity of forecasting the yield over the life of the asset; speculation is the activity of forecasting the psychology of the market. John Maynard Keynes

Climate forecasts (projections) decades into the future have not demonstrated skill in forecasting local, regional, and global climate variables. Roger A. Pielke

Never forget this simple truism: Forecasting is marketing, plain and simple. Barry Ritholtz

Close letter words and terms

forecasted forecaster forecaster of the future forecastingly forecastle forecastle lamp