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Forecast vs Forsee - What's the difference?

forecast | forsee |

As verbs the difference between forecast and forsee

is that forecast is to estimate how something will be in the future while forsee is to neglect; overlook; disregard; despise.

As a noun forecast

is an estimation of a future condition.

forecast

Verb

  • To estimate how something will be in the future.
  • to forecast the weather
    to forecast a storm
  • (obsolete) To contrive or plan beforehand.
  • * Milton
  • If it happen as I did forecast .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An estimation of a future condition.
  • A prediction of the weather.
  • :* What's the forecast for tomorrow?
  • forsee

    English

    Verb

  • To neglect; overlook; disregard; despise.
  • *1882 , Victor Roy, A Masonic Poem by Harriet Annie Wilkins :
  • Could I forsee the sunken rocks of life?
  • *1841', Gordon, ''History of Scots Affairs, from 1637 - 1641'' (quote from ' 1638 ):
  • The reasone why the Commissioner did so muche presse the reading of the declinator was, because he forsaw that they meant to putt him to a dilemma which still should bring ane inconvenience along with it [...]
  • *
  • It was possible to foresee that the coming winter would be a hard one.
  • To oversee; superintend; direct.
  • References

    *OED 2nd edition 1989 *Wright, The English Dialect Dictionary , Forsee.

    See also

    *foresee