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forecast

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fore·cast1 /ˈfɔːkɑːst $ ˈfɔːrkæst/ ●●○ noun [countableC]  
PREDICTa description of what is likely to happen in the future, based on the information that you have now 预测，预报 → prediction
 The weather forecast is good for tomorrow.
天气预报说明天是晴天。
profit/sales/growth forecast
 the company’s annual sales forecast
公司的年度销量预测
n COLLOCATIONS
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + forecast
a weather forecast
The weather forecast for the weekend is fine and dry.
a shipping forecast (=a forecast about weather conditions at sea)
According to the shipping forecast, strong winds can be expected later today.
a sales forecast
The gloomy sales forecast sparked rumours that the company would be making job cuts.
a profit forecast
The company has cut its profit forecast by £18m to £570m.
a growth forecast (=one relating to an increase in the value of goods or services produced and sold)
The official growth forecasts for the economy are promising.
an economic forecast
The Bank of England revised its economic forecast in the wake of the figures.
a detailed forecast
A detailed forecast of the industry’s prospects has just been published.
optimistic (=expecting good things to happen)
In his speech, the president gave an optimistic forecast for the economy.
pessimistic/gloomy (=expecting bad things to happen)
Scientists have produced a gloomy forecast on the effects of global warming.
verbs
make a forecast
It is too early to make a forecast on what will happen.
give a forecast
Economists gave an upbeat forecast for the world economy.
provide a forecast
Analysts usually provide growth forecasts for no more than two years ahead.
revise a forecast (=change it because of new information)
The company has revised its sales forecast.
Examples from the Corpus
forecast• You want a forecast for the series?• It is impossible to give an accurate forecast of company sales 10 years from now.• Each warned after the stock market closed on Friday that profits will fall below analysts' forecasts.• Food giant Hillsdown Holdings added 8p to 130p after a maintained dividend forecast and boardroom shake-up.• But in recent years concern has been growing that economic forecasts are not up to the mark.• Apex Corp. has issued its annual sales forecast.• These forecasts will be based on information on the number of children in a school augmented by headteachers' estimates.• According to the weather forecast, it's going to stay hot for the rest of the week.• the weather forecast
profit/sales/growth forecast• Some analysts pared their Christmas growth forecasts to 10 % to 15 % from 25 % to 30 %.• You can also conduct profit forecasts, identify profitable work and problem areas.• Olivetti shares have tumbled 15 percent since last week as analysts downgraded profit forecasts.• James Capel has, it appears, lopped £25m from its profit forecast and now expects £165m.• Arthuis made no precise growth forecast.• The only other question I have is about the regional sales forecasts.• Shareholders get nothing more than a bald one-year profit forecast.
forecast2 ●●○ verb (past tensepst and past participlepp forecast or forecasted) [transitiveT]  
PREDICTto make a statement saying what is likely to happen in the future, based on the information that you have now 预测，预报 SYN predict
 Rain was forecast for the weekend.
预报周末有雨。
forecast (that)
 The Federal Reserve Bank forecasts that the economy will grow by 2% this year.
联邦储备银行预测今年经济将增长2%。
► see thesaurus at predict
Examples from the Corpus
forecast• Property analysts forecast a fall in house prices.• Rain is forecast for all parts of southern England tomorrow.• Wind and rain has been forecast for this weekend.• The company forecast further growth in 1996.• Then on Wednesday night he forecast that interest rates would drop - fuelling the City boom.• Hardly anyone had forecast that the drought would last so long.• Analyzing the past, forecasting the future.• The fixed interest rate means you know exactly your commitment each month, which saves problems with forecasting your cashflow.
forecast (that)• This market was extremely competitive and sales volumes were difficult to forecast accurately.• In 1998, construction is forecast at $ 37. 23 billion, up 8 percent from 1997.• Earnings fell shy of forecasts because of slower demand from customers that make personal computers.• The Congressional Budget Office, an independent adviser to Congress, had recently forecast growth of around 2.6 percent per year.• City analysts are forecasting that its contribution could be as much as £80m for the full year.• The Federal Reserve Bank forecast that the economy will grow by 2% this year.• Maybe even shape up mental images that guess what might happen next, forecast the future.• Heads of departments can forecast their purchase requirements and plan the labour and holiday rotas.
From Longman Business Dictionary
forecastfore·cast1 /ˈfɔːkɑːstˈfɔːrkæst/ noun [countableC]ECONOMICS
a description of what is likely to happen in the future, based on information that is available now
The figures for 2001 are forecasts, the others are actuals.
a gloomy sales forecast
a cash-flow forecast
Economic forecasts are widely used by policy makers.
It is too early to make forecasts about demand.
He has cut his full-year profit forecast from £235 million to £220 million.
forecast of
an inflation forecast of 3.5%
The IMF had reduced its forecasts of economic growth among the world’s largest industrialized nations.
forecastforecast2 verb (past tensepst and past participlepp forecast or forecasted) [transitiveT]ECONOMICS
to make a statement saying what is likely to happen in the future, based on information that is available now
Turnover is forecast to grow 6.7% this year.
This year we forecast growth of 30%.
forecast that
The bank’s chief economist has forecast that interest rates will fall within two months.
forecast something at something
GDP growth was forecast at 1%.
—forecasting noun [uncountableU]
Economic forecasting is not an exact science.
—forecaster noun [countableC]
The upturn in sales was double the increase the economic forecasters had been expecting.
Origin forecast2
(1400-1500) fore- + → CAST1 “to arrange cleverly” ((14-19 centuries))
fore·cast1 noun →n COLLOCATIONS1forecast2 verb
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