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Definition backcast

Etymology

Blend of back +‎ forecast.

Verb

backcast (third-person singular simple present backcasts, present participle backcasting, simple past and past participle backcasted)

1. To identify the actions required in order to reach a proposed future.
2. (Britain 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. (Britain dialectal) Misfortune; reverse; reversal; a relapse in health or illness; moral backsliding.
5. (Britain dialectal) Retrospect; hindsight.
6. (Britain dialectal) backwater

Adjective

backcast (comparative more backcast, superlative most backcast)

1. (Britain dialectal) Retrospective.

Adverb

backcast (comparative more backcast, superlative most backcast)

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

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