different between forecast vs forcast

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 1

From Middle English forcasten (“to cast away, reject”), equivalent to for- +? cast. Cognate with Swedish förkasta (“to reject”). Compare forcasten.

Verb

forcast (third-person singular simple present forcasts, present participle forcasting, simple past and past participle forcast or forcasted)

1. (transitive, obsolete) To cast away; reject.

Etymology 2

From Middle English forcast, variant of forecast.

Noun

forcast

1. Misspelling of forecast.

Anagrams

• Factors, factors