forecasting

Noun
  1. A statement made about the future (synset 106761683)
    is a type of: statement - a message that is stated or declared; a communication (oral or written) setting forth particulars or facts etc
    subtypes:
    • extropy - the prediction that human intelligence and technology will enable life to expand in an orderly way throughout the entire universe
    • fortunetelling - the practice of predicting people's futures (usually for payment)
    • horoscope - a prediction of someone's future based on the relative positions of the planets
    • meteorology, weather forecasting - predicting what the weather will be
    • forecast, prognosis - a prediction about how something (as the weather) will develop
    • divination, prophecy - a prediction uttered under divine inspiration
    same as: foretelling, prediction, prognostication

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