English > forecasting: 1 sense > noun 1, communicationMeaning | A statement made about the future. |
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Synonyms | prediction, foretelling, prognostication |
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Narrower | extropy | The prediction that human intelligence and technology will enable life to expand in an orderly way throughout the entire universe |
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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 |
prognosis, forecast | A prediction about how something (as the weather) will develop |
prophecy, divination | A prediction uttered under divine inspiration |
Broader | statement | A message that is stated or declared |
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Spanish | predicción, pronosticación, pronóstico |
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Catalan | predicció, pronosticació, pronòstic |
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Verbs | forecast | predict in advance |
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