FORECASTING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does forecasting mean? 

• FORECASTING (noun)
  The noun FORECASTING has 1 sense:

1. a statement made about the future

  Familiarity information: FORECASTING used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FORECASTING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A statement made about the future

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

forecasting; foretelling; prediction; prognostication

Hypernyms ("forecasting" is a kind of...):

statement (a message that is stated or declared; a communication (oral or written) setting forth particulars or facts etc)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "forecasting"):

extropy (the prediction that human intelligence and technology will enable life to expand in an orderly way throughout the entire universe)

fortunetelling (the practice of predicting people's futures (usually for payment))

horoscope (a prediction of someone's future based on the relative positions of the planets)

meteorology; weather forecasting (predicting what the weather will be)

forecast; prognosis (a prediction about how something (as the weather) will develop)

divination; prophecy (a prediction uttered under divine inspiration)

Derivation:

forecast (predict in advance)

 Context examples 

But most hail forecasting methods just look at a small slice of the storm and can't distinguish the broader form and structure.

(Facial recognition technique could improve hail forecasts, National Science Foundation)

The findings have implications for understanding and better forecasting the arrival of energetic electrons from space, which can damage satellites and threaten the health of space-walking astronauts.

(Six-decade-old space mystery solved with shoebox-sized satellite called a CubeSat, National Science Foundation)

Researchers who work on monitoring and forecasting harmful algae blooms say the findings offer an increased understanding of the phenomenon, and will help predict domoic acid events in response to climate change.

(Scientists discover genetic basis for how harmful algae blooms become toxic, National Science Foundation)

Accurate forecasts of the MJO promise real economic advantage and will help better protect life and property in those regions where its effects are strongly felt.” The study provides a critical benchmark for determining which computer models to trust for extended range weather forecasting, based on their ability to simulate the observed behaviour of the MJO in a changing climate.

(Global disasters linked to warming Indo-Pacific seas, SciDev.Net)

The results highlight the importance of taking into account a storm's entire structure, something that's been challenging to do with existing hail-forecasting techniques.

(Facial recognition technique could improve hail forecasts, National Science Foundation)