English > forecasting: 1 sense > noun 1, communication| Meaning | 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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