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backcast

verb

Etymology

Blend of back + forecast.

  1. inherited from forecast
  2. inherited from forecasten
  3. compounded as backcast — “back + forecast”

Definitions

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

  2. To change retrospectively

    To change retrospectively; reverse.

  3. A cast or throw back.

  4. ›+ 7 more definitions

    1. A backward stroke, or a stroke driving one back.

    2. Any discouragement or cause of relapse or failure.

    3. Misfortune

      Misfortune; reverse; reversal; a relapse in health or illness; moral backsliding.

    4. Retrospect

      Retrospect; hindsight.

    5. backwater

    6. Retrospective.

    7. Long ago

      Long ago; in the past.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for backcast. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA