different between warning vs forecast

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?w??n??/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?w??n??/
• Rhymes: -??(?)n??
• Hyphenation: warn?ing

Verb

warning

1. present participle of warn

Noun

warning (plural warnings)

1. The action of the verb warn; an instance of warning someone.
2. Something spoken or written that is intended to warn.

Derived terms

• tactical warning
• strategic warning
• warning sign

Translations

Interjection

warning

1. Used to warn of danger in signs and notices.

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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.

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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.

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