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forecasting¹

Where it comes from

From forecast + -ing.

verb

  1. gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of forecast

forecasting²

Where it comes from

From Middle English forcastyng, forcastynge, equivalent to forecast + -ing.

noun forecastings

  1. A forecast or prediction. There were sneers, and scoffs, and inuendoes of some; prophecies of failure in a hundred ways; forecastings of non-completion, forecastings of swift dissolution and crashing ruin[…]

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: foretelling, prediction, predicting, predictor, predict, foreseeing, prognosis, prevision, foresight, forethought, anticipatory, anticipation, anticipate, prophecy, expectation, expected

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"forecasting." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/forecasting. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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forecasting. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/forecasting

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"forecasting." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/forecasting.

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@misc{forecasting_2026,
  title = {forecasting},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/forecasting},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}