forecast: translation
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noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ good, optimistic
▪ gloomy, pessimistic
▪ conservative
▪ accurate, correct
▪ detailed
▪ revised
▪ annual
▪ early
▪ long-range, long-term
▪ a long-range weather forecast
▪ short-term
▪ a short-term forecast of the economy
▪ local
▪ official
▪ economic, financial, market, shipping (BrE) (shipping news in AmE), weather
▪ cash-flow (esp.BrE), earnings, growth, inflation, profit, revenue, sales
VERB + FORECAST
▪ prepare, produce
▪ give, issue, make, provide
▪ The government has issued a pessimistic economic forecast.
▪ revise, update
▪ lower, raise
▪ This week the company is expected to raise its revenue forecast.
▪ rely on
▪ check
▪ Check the weather forecast before you set out.
▪ be in line with
▪ The interest rate is in line with the forecast.
FORECAST + VERB
▪ call for sth (AmE), predict sth, say sth, suggest sth
▪ This morning's weather forecast called for snow.
▪ Some forecasts suggest that the increase in heart disease will continue for some time.
▪ assume sth
▪ be based on sth
▪ forecasts based on a complicated procedure
PREPOSITION
▪ forecast about
▪ Forecasts about the economy are often misleading.
▪ forecast for
▪ forecasts for earnings in 2015
▪ forecast of
▪ forecasts of population growth
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verb
ADVERB
▪ accurately, correctly
▪ originally, previously
▪ higher costs than those originally forecast
VERB + FORECAST
▪ be difficult to, be hard to
Forecast is used with these nouns as the object: ↑demand, ↑future, ↑rain, ↑return, ↑weather