FORECAST


Meaning of FORECAST in English

I. noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

long-range planning/plan/forecast etc

a long-range weather forecast

the long-range goal of the project

shipping forecast

the sales forecast (= how much a company expects to sell )

The sales forecast is for a 12% increase in sales over the current year.

the weather forecast (= a description of what the weather is expected to be like in the near future )

What’s the weather forecast like for the weekend?

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ ADJECTIVE

dire

Good shape despite the dire forecasts still being made by much of the business world?

The most dire forecasts say rising mercury on Earth could bring about both devastating floods and droughts.

That was the rift that grabbed headlines late in 1990, as a result of a dire forecast .

Take the current fascination with dire forecasts , for example.

early

The Treasury has stuck to its earlier forecast of a £15 billion current-account deficit this year.

The jobless rate is expected to be an average 8. 25 percent, up from an earlier forecast of 8 percent.

economic

But in recent years concern has been growing that economic forecasts are not up to the mark.

The government is soon due to publish revisions for its 1996 economic forecasts .

One has only to look at the economic forecasts .

Perhaps they've heard the economic forecast .

gloomy

We had beaten his gloomy forecast of 12 minutes and I had sculled the whole course without once catching a crab.

San Diego City Council members began getting concerned about the gloomy forecasts about a month ago.

The gloomy forecast came from Chris Haskins, chairman of the dairy and chilled food business.

Using a historical analysis, Nehring and Van lest provide a rather gloomy set of forecasts .

initial

The model is then used to estimate the consequences of specified policies different to those assumed in the initial base forecast .

The initial forecast was for 2. 5 million pounds a year, but consumers were clamoring for more.

late

The latest hair forecasts are that blond will rebound into prominence, overtaking red, in the next few months.

optimistic

In this case, the construction timetable proved wrong, as did very optimistic forecasts concerning the rates of inflation and interest.

But nomatterhow optimistic the weather forecast , keep a raincoat handy if you intend taking a closeup.

The most optimistic forecast severely reduced activity in residential property; others expected static house sales until the end of the year.

The results were wildly ahead of the Democrats' most optimistic forecasts .

■ NOUN

profit

Shareholders get nothing more than a bald one-year profit forecast .

Olivetti shares have tumbled 15 percent since last week as analysts downgraded profit forecasts .

You can also conduct profit forecasts , identify profitable work and problem areas.

James Capel has, it appears, lopped £25m from its profit forecast and now expects £165m.

City analysts immediately slashed their profit forecasts from around £15m to around £5m.

He added that a downgrading in profit forecasts was normal in a recession.

weather

It may cheer you up to learn that the weather forecast is promising.

The weather forecast was for overcast skies, like three hundred and ten other days of the year in Rochester.

From weather forecasts to climate change, Anthony Wilson looks at causes, effects and extremes of weather.

It covers such a wide variety of conditions that it is less specific than a weather forecast .

None the less, it should not surprise you to know that these people rarely prepare weather forecasts .

And the weather forecast is promising - now, what do you fancy?

PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

dire warning/prediction/forecast

He was walking in spite of all those specialists and their dire predictions.

Take the current fascination with dire forecasts, for example.

That was the rift that grabbed headlines late in 1990, as a result of a dire forecast.

The dire warnings of world shortages have not come to pass.

The crisis has unsettled financial markets and brought dire predictions of revolution or civil war from some politicians.

The most dire forecasts say rising mercury on Earth could bring about both devastating floods and droughts.

When a highly qualified professional makes such a dire prediction, one has to sit up and take notice.

short-range plan/goal/forecast etc

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

According to the weather forecast , it's going to stay hot for the rest of the week.

Apex Corp. has issued its annual sales forecast .

It is impossible to give an accurate forecast of company sales 10 years from now.

the weather forecast

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

But in recent years concern has been growing that economic forecasts are not up to the mark.

Each warned after the stock market closed on Friday that profits will fall below analysts' forecasts.

Food giant Hillsdown Holdings added 8p to 130p after a maintained dividend forecast and boardroom shake-up.

These forecasts will be based on information on the number of children in a school augmented by headteachers' estimates.

You want a forecast for the series?

II. verb

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ NOUN

analyst

City analysts are forecasting that its contribution could be as much as £80m for the full year.

The company earned 98 cents a share, below analysts forecast of $ 1. 11, according to Zacks Investment Research.

In the bottom-up approach, investment analysts produce earnings forecasts on the basis of detailed research into the firm's activities.

City analysts are forecasting pre-tax profits of £38m this year.

growth

Total public spending held at planned £244.5 million. 1% growth forecast for 1993.

The rate of growth for 1990 was forecast at between 4.8 percent and 5.2 percent compared with 5.6 percent in 1989.

increase

For example, it forecast an increase in unemployment of 3,000 for 1986-87; in fact unemployment fell by 6,800.

One forecasts a huge increase in the ever-escalating costs of the Trident programme.

Government is poised to forecast a huge increase in the extraction of aggregates-one third of which go to roads.

And the Retail Motor Industry Federation forecast an increase of 100,000 sales which would boost 1922 figures to around 1.8m.

Overall, we forecast an increase in leisure spending of almost 15 percent between now and 1995.

loss

Now schools are forecasting more job losses as £7m comes off the education budget.

profit

None the less, he has cut his full-year profits forecast from £235 million to £220 million.

He has lifted his profits forecast for this year slightly to £950 million and expects a 15 percent rise in the dividend.

They have cut this year's profit forecast by £18m to £570m.

The paper-maker, Bowater, still basking in an optimistic profits forecast for the full year, firmed 7p to 507p.

rate

At the beginning of the year the government forecast that the rate of inflation for 1988 would be only 32 percent.

Then on Wednesday night he forecast that interest rates would drop - fuelling the City boom.

In 1987, Mr Salvigsen again hit a home run when he forecast that interest rates would spike up.

Paribas also forecasts a rate of 1. 55 marks to the dollar later this year.

weather

The weather forecast at the time of going to press was good for this time of the year.

Teaching tip Ask pupils to monitor the weather for a week and compare their observations with the local weather forecasts .

Good weather was forecast across the state for Monday.

Never risk parking out overnight without checking the weather forecast for a strong wind warning or the approach of a cold front.

But with more cold weather forecast that's not likely to happen right away.

These satellites are in geostationary orbit and the images that they provide are used primarily in weather forecasting applications.

And his check with expensive weather forecasting services shows this may actually be a warmer-than-expected winter.

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

Hardly anyone had forecast that the drought would last so long.

Property analysts forecast a fall in house prices.

Rain is forecast for all parts of southern England tomorrow.

Wind and rain has been forecast for this weekend.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

Analyzing the past, forecasting the future.

The company forecast further growth in 1996.

The fixed interest rate means you know exactly your commitment each month, which saves problems with forecasting your cashflow.

Then on Wednesday night he forecast that interest rates would drop - fuelling the City boom.

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