backcast

English

Alternative forms

• back-cast

Etymology

Blend of back +‎ forecast.

Verb

backcast (third-person singular simple present backcasts, present participle backcasting, simple past and past participle backcast or (common, but sometimes proscribed) backcasted)

1. To identify the actions required in order to reach a proposed future.
2. (UK dialectal) To change retrospectively; reverse.

Noun

backcast (plural backcasts)

1. A cast or throw back.
2. A backward stroke, or a stroke driving one back.
3. (figuratively) Any discouragement or cause of relapse or failure.
4. (UK dialectal) Misfortune; reverse; reversal; a relapse in health or illness; moral backsliding.
5. (UK dialectal) Retrospect; hindsight.
6. (UK dialectal) backwater

Adjective

backcast (comparative more backcast, superlative most backcast)

1. (UK dialectal) Retrospective.

Adverb

backcast (comparative more backcast, superlative most backcast)

1. (UK dialectal, of time) Long ago; in the past.

Synonyms

• of old, way back; see also Thesaurus:long ago

Anagrams

• scatback