different between forecast vs foredeem

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

Alternative forms

• foredeme (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English *foredemen, from Old English fored?man (“to prejudge”), equivalent to fore- +? deem.

Verb

foredeem (third-person singular simple present foredeems, present participle foredeeming, simple past and past participle foredeemed)

1. (intransitive, obsolete) To judge, form a judgement of, or declare beforehand; foretell; forecast; presage.
   • 1560, Geneva Bible

   Which [maid] could guess and foredeem of things past, present, and to come.

2. (transitive) To deem or account in advance; consider; take for granted; expect.
   • 1564, Nicholas Udall, Apophthegmatum opus (originally by Erasmus)

     And of a beste, then fordeme the worst frende it was more standing with humanitee and gentlenesse to hope the best, then to foredeme the worste

   • 1612, John Webster, The White Devil

     Laugh at your misery, as foredeeming you / An idle meteor.

Synonyms

• (to deem beforehand): forehold, prejudge

Related terms

• foredoom

See also

• fordeem

Anagrams

• freedome