'forecasting' definitions:
Definition of 'forecasting'
(from WordNet)
noun
Definition of 'forecasting'
From: GCIDE
- forecasting \fore"cast*ing\ n. The process of calculating and predicting future events, usually based on extrapolation from past experience, and with varying degress of uncertainty.
- Syn: prediction, foretelling. [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
Synonyms of 'forecasting'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- actuarial prediction,
- aerography,
- aerology,
- anemology,
- apocalypse,
- barometry,
- climatography,
- climatology,
- foreboding,
- forecast,
- foreshowing,
- foresight,
- foretelling,
- guesswork,
- improbability,
- long-range forecasting,
- meteorology,
- microclimatology,
- nephology,
- omen,
- pneumatics,
- prediction,
- prefiguration,
- prefigurement,
- prefiguring,
- presage,
- presaging,
- presentiment,
- preshowing,
- presignifying,
- probability,
- prognosis,
- prognostication,
- promise,
- prophecy,
- prophesying,
- prospectus,
- soothsay,
- speculation,
- statistical prediction,
- vaticination,
- weatherology