FORECAST


Meaning of FORECAST in English

I.

noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ good , optimistic

▪ gloomy , pessimistic

▪ conservative

▪ accurate , correct

▪ detailed

▪ revised

▪ annual

▪ early

▪ long-range , long-term

a long-range weather ~

▪ short-term

a short-term ~ of the economy

▪ local

▪ official

▪ economic , financial , market , shipping ( BrE ) ( shipping news in AmE ) , weather

▪ cash-flow ( esp. BrE ), earnings , growth , inflation , profit , revenue , sales

VERB + FORECAST

▪ prepare , produce

▪ give , issue , make , provide

The government has issued a pessimistic economic ~.

▪ revise , update

▪ lower , raise

This week the company is expected to raise its revenue ~.

▪ rely on

▪ check

Check the weather ~ before you set out.

▪ be in line with

The interest rate is in line with the ~.

FORECAST + VERB

▪ call for sth ( AmE ), predict sth , say sth , suggest sth

This morning's weather ~ called for snow.

Some ~s suggest that the increase in heart disease will continue for some time.

▪ assume sth

▪ be based on sth

~s based on a complicated procedure

PREPOSITION

▪ ~ about

Forecasts about the economy are often misleading.

▪ ~ for

~s for earnings in 2015

▪ ~ of

~s of population growth

II.

verb

ADVERB

▪ accurately , correctly

▪ originally , previously

higher costs than those originally ~

VERB + FORECAST

▪ be difficult to , be hard to

Forecast is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ demand , ↑ future , ↑ rain , ↑ return , ↑ weather

Oxford Collocations English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь словосочетаний .