different between forecast vs extrapolation

English

Etymology

From Middle English forecasten, forcasten, equivalent to fore- +? cast.The noun is from Middle English forecast, forcast.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?f??kæst/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?f??k??st/

Verb

forecast (third-person singular simple present forecasts, present participle forecasting, simple past and past participle forecast or forecasted)

1. To estimate how something will be in the future.

   to forecast the weather, or a storm

   to forecast a rise in prices
2. To foreshadow; to suggest something in advance.
3. (obsolete) To contrive or plan beforehand.

Translations

Noun

forecast (plural forecasts)

1. An estimation of a future condition.
   1. A prediction of the weather.

2. (gambling) exacta

Translations

Derived terms

• (gambling): reverse forecast

Further reading

• forecast on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• forecast in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• forecast in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• fastcore

English

Etymology

From extrapolate +? -ationMorphologically extrapolate +? -ion

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

extrapolation (countable and uncountable, plural extrapolations)

1. (mathematics) A calculation of an estimate of the value of some function outside the range of known values.
2. An inference about some hypothetical situation based on known facts.
   • 2018, Suzannah Weiss, The Establishment, What A Fake ‘Female Orgasm’ Statistic Says About Gender Bias

     Casting further doubt on Kerner’s extrapolations from Gebhard’s data, it’s unclear what happened during those 21 minutes of foreplay. Blow jobs? Kissing? Role-playing? We don’t know.

3. (music) The diametric opposite of interpolation.

Derived terms

• nonextrapolation
• overextrapolation
• underextrapolation

Related terms

• extrapolative
• extrapolatory
• interpolation

Translations

French

Pronunciation

Noun

extrapolation f (plural extrapolations)

1. extrapolation

Further reading

• “extrapolation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Swedish

Noun

extrapolation c

1. an extrapolation; inference of a hypothetical situation.

Declension

See also

• extrapolera
• extrapolering