I. noun
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long-range planning/plan/forecast etc
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a long-range weather forecast
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the long-range goal of the project
shipping forecast
the sales forecast (= how much a company expects to sell )
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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 )
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What’s the weather forecast like for the weekend?
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■ ADJECTIVE
dire
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Good shape despite the dire forecasts still being made by much of the business world?
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The most dire forecasts say rising mercury on Earth could bring about both devastating floods and droughts.
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That was the rift that grabbed headlines late in 1990, as a result of a dire forecast .
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Take the current fascination with dire forecasts , for example.
early
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The Treasury has stuck to its earlier forecast of a £15 billion current-account deficit this year.
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The jobless rate is expected to be an average 8. 25 percent, up from an earlier forecast of 8 percent.
economic
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But in recent years concern has been growing that economic forecasts are not up to the mark.
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The government is soon due to publish revisions for its 1996 economic forecasts .
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One has only to look at the economic forecasts .
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Perhaps they've heard the economic forecast .
gloomy
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We had beaten his gloomy forecast of 12 minutes and I had sculled the whole course without once catching a crab.
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San Diego City Council members began getting concerned about the gloomy forecasts about a month ago.
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The gloomy forecast came from Chris Haskins, chairman of the dairy and chilled food business.
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Using a historical analysis, Nehring and Van lest provide a rather gloomy set of forecasts .
initial
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The model is then used to estimate the consequences of specified policies different to those assumed in the initial base forecast .
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The initial forecast was for 2. 5 million pounds a year, but consumers were clamoring for more.
late
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The latest hair forecasts are that blond will rebound into prominence, overtaking red, in the next few months.
optimistic
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In this case, the construction timetable proved wrong, as did very optimistic forecasts concerning the rates of inflation and interest.
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But nomatterhow optimistic the weather forecast , keep a raincoat handy if you intend taking a closeup.
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The most optimistic forecast severely reduced activity in residential property; others expected static house sales until the end of the year.
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The results were wildly ahead of the Democrats' most optimistic forecasts .
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profit
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Shareholders get nothing more than a bald one-year profit forecast .
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Olivetti shares have tumbled 15 percent since last week as analysts downgraded profit forecasts .
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You can also conduct profit forecasts , identify profitable work and problem areas.
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James Capel has, it appears, lopped £25m from its profit forecast and now expects £165m.
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City analysts immediately slashed their profit forecasts from around £15m to around £5m.
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He added that a downgrading in profit forecasts was normal in a recession.
weather
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It may cheer you up to learn that the weather forecast is promising.
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The weather forecast was for overcast skies, like three hundred and ten other days of the year in Rochester.
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From weather forecasts to climate change, Anthony Wilson looks at causes, effects and extremes of weather.
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It covers such a wide variety of conditions that it is less specific than a weather forecast .
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None the less, it should not surprise you to know that these people rarely prepare weather forecasts .
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And the weather forecast is promising - now, what do you fancy?
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dire warning/prediction/forecast
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He was walking in spite of all those specialists and their dire predictions.
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Take the current fascination with dire forecasts, for example.
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That was the rift that grabbed headlines late in 1990, as a result of a dire forecast.
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The dire warnings of world shortages have not come to pass.
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The crisis has unsettled financial markets and brought dire predictions of revolution or civil war from some politicians.
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The most dire forecasts say rising mercury on Earth could bring about both devastating floods and droughts.
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When a highly qualified professional makes such a dire prediction, one has to sit up and take notice.
short-range plan/goal/forecast etc
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According to the weather forecast , it's going to stay hot for the rest of the week.
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Apex Corp. has issued its annual sales forecast .
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It is impossible to give an accurate forecast of company sales 10 years from now.
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the weather forecast
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But in recent years concern has been growing that economic forecasts are not up to the mark.
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Each warned after the stock market closed on Friday that profits will fall below analysts' forecasts.
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Food giant Hillsdown Holdings added 8p to 130p after a maintained dividend forecast and boardroom shake-up.
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These forecasts will be based on information on the number of children in a school augmented by headteachers' estimates.
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You want a forecast for the series?
II. verb
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■ NOUN
analyst
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City analysts are forecasting that its contribution could be as much as £80m for the full year.
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The company earned 98 cents a share, below analysts forecast of $ 1. 11, according to Zacks Investment Research.
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In the bottom-up approach, investment analysts produce earnings forecasts on the basis of detailed research into the firm's activities.
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City analysts are forecasting pre-tax profits of £38m this year.
growth
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Total public spending held at planned £244.5 million. 1% growth forecast for 1993.
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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
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For example, it forecast an increase in unemployment of 3,000 for 1986-87; in fact unemployment fell by 6,800.
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One forecasts a huge increase in the ever-escalating costs of the Trident programme.
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Government is poised to forecast a huge increase in the extraction of aggregates-one third of which go to roads.
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And the Retail Motor Industry Federation forecast an increase of 100,000 sales which would boost 1922 figures to around 1.8m.
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Overall, we forecast an increase in leisure spending of almost 15 percent between now and 1995.
loss
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Now schools are forecasting more job losses as £7m comes off the education budget.
profit
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None the less, he has cut his full-year profits forecast from £235 million to £220 million.
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He has lifted his profits forecast for this year slightly to £950 million and expects a 15 percent rise in the dividend.
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They have cut this year's profit forecast by £18m to £570m.
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The paper-maker, Bowater, still basking in an optimistic profits forecast for the full year, firmed 7p to 507p.
rate
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At the beginning of the year the government forecast that the rate of inflation for 1988 would be only 32 percent.
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Then on Wednesday night he forecast that interest rates would drop - fuelling the City boom.
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In 1987, Mr Salvigsen again hit a home run when he forecast that interest rates would spike up.
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Paribas also forecasts a rate of 1. 55 marks to the dollar later this year.
weather
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The weather forecast at the time of going to press was good for this time of the year.
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Teaching tip Ask pupils to monitor the weather for a week and compare their observations with the local weather forecasts .
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Good weather was forecast across the state for Monday.
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Never risk parking out overnight without checking the weather forecast for a strong wind warning or the approach of a cold front.
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But with more cold weather forecast that's not likely to happen right away.
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These satellites are in geostationary orbit and the images that they provide are used primarily in weather forecasting applications.
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And his check with expensive weather forecasting services shows this may actually be a warmer-than-expected winter.
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Hardly anyone had forecast that the drought would last so long.
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Property analysts forecast a fall in house prices.
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Rain is forecast for all parts of southern England tomorrow.
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Wind and rain has been forecast for this weekend.
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Analyzing the past, forecasting the future.
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The company forecast further growth in 1996.
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The fixed interest rate means you know exactly your commitment each month, which saves problems with forecasting your cashflow.
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Then on Wednesday night he forecast that interest rates would drop - fuelling the City boom.