backcast

English

Alternative forms

back-cast

Etymology

Verb

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

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

Noun

backcast (plural backcasts)

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

Adjective

backcast (comparative more backcast, superlative most backcast)

(UK dialectal) Retrospective.

Adverb

backcast (comparative more backcast, superlative most backcast)

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

Synonyms

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

Anagrams

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