What does forecast mean?
Word: Forecast
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Forecast means a statement about what is likely to happen, especially with the weather. As a verb, to forecast is to say what will probably happen.
Synonyms: outlook
How do you spell forecast?
Syllables: fore - cast
Tricky part: The prefix is fore, with an e, meaning before. Forcast, without the e, is the most common mistake.
Watch out for: forcast, fourcast, forecaste
Memory tip: Fore means before, so a forecast tells you about the weather before it arrives. Keep the e of fore; it is the same e that ends before.
Forecast in a sentence
Example 1: The forecast says heavy rain in London tomorrow, so carry an umbrella.
Example 2: Can anyone forecast who will win the match?
Example 3: We checked the snow forecast before driving to Gulmarg.
Fun Fact
The Met Office, the United Kingdom's weather service, was set up in 1854 and is one of the oldest in the world.
Practise the CREST Way
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the correctly spelt word:
a) forecast
b) forword
c) forhead
d) fourty
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a) forecast. Forecast keeps the fore that means before.
Word Cookie
Insert the correct pair of letters to form a word:
fore_a_t
a) c, z
b) c, s
c) k, s
d) s, s
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b) c, s. The k sound here is a c, and an s sits just before the t.
Mingle-Mangle
Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:
carefost
a) forecast
b) factors
c) forest
d) actress
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a) forecast. Eight letters with an e, an a and an o: only forecast uses them all.
Word Connection
Choose the synonym of the word:
forecast
a) prediction
b) invention
c) collection
d) decision
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a) prediction. A forecast says what will probably happen, so it is a prediction.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which sentence is a forecast?
a) It is raining outside right now.
b) Tomorrow will be cloudy with light rain.
c) Yesterday was the hottest day of May.
d) Last winter was very cold in Moscow.
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b) Tomorrow will be cloudy with light rain.
2. Which word also uses fore to mean before?
a) foreign
b) forest
c) forty
d) foresee
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d) foresee
