forecaster

«forecaster» in Mova's school dictionary: A person who says what will probably happen, especially a… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a forecaster, forecasters)

meaning for a pupil

1) A person who says what will probably happen, especially a weather forecaster who predicts the weather. tree →

2) Someone who predicts money or business changes. tree →

sense in the lessons

On TV and radio, the weather forecaster tells us about rain, sun and storms using maps and science. In science lessons on weather, forecasts use data from satellites and weather stations. Forecasts are predictions, not certainties.

examples

• The forecaster said it would rain tomorrow. tree →
• Weather forecasters use satellite pictures. tree →
• The forecaster warned of a storm. tree →
• She wants to be a TV weather forecaster. tree →
• Forecasters are sometimes wrong. tree →
• The forecaster predicted a hot weekend. tree →

note

Countable. Verb: forecast (past: forecast or forecasted). A forecast is a probable guess; «70% chance of rain» does not mean it will rain for 70% of the day.

In the corpora

• Good readers change their predictions as they go, like a weather forecaster who looks out of the window again.
• Weather forecasters watch the air pressure: high pressure usually means calm, settled days, low pressure means clouds, wind and rain.
• Weather satellites photograph clouds and measure temperatures, which helps forecasters predict storms days ahead.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «forecaster» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.