Home › Words › F › forecastingforecastingforecasting means A forecast or prediction.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, forecasting ranks #1,202 of 42,762 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom Middle English forcastyng, forcastynge, equivalent to forecast + -ing.nounA forecast or prediction.e.g.“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[…]” — 1852, The Dublin University Magazine, page 66:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.predicting 75% match — A prediction. vs forecasting →forecastingly 75% match — So as to forecast or predict. vs forecasting →prognosticating 74% match — Of something that predicts or forecasts. vs forecasting →forecaster 72% match — A person who forecasts. vs forecasting →forespeaking 69% match — A foretelling; a prediction. vs forecasting →prognostication 69% match — A statement about or prior knowledge of the future. vs forecasting →prediction 69% match — A statement of what will happen in the future. vs forecasting →forecasted 69% match — That has been forecast vs forecasting →