Meaning

2 senses

  1. To identify the actions required in order to reach a proposed future.

  2. (UK, dialectal)To change retrospectively; reverse.

Origin

Blend of back + forecast.

Blend of back + forecast.

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Forms

backcasts, backcasting, backcast, backcast
Base formbackcast · to backcast
3rd person singularbackcasts
Present participlebackcasting
Past simplebackcast / backcasted
Past participlebackcast / backcasted

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theybackcast
he, she, itbackcasts

Past simpleLesson

all personsbackcast

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave backcast
he, she, ithas backcast

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill backcast

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
backB1backacheB1backbonebackcountrybackdropbacker
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