backcast.
To identify the actions required in order to reach a proposed future.
Meaning & usage
To identify the actions required in order to reach a proposed future.
To change retrospectively; reverse.
Where this word comes from
Blend of back + forecast.
A cast or throw back.
A backward stroke, or a stroke driving one back.
Any discouragement or cause of relapse or failure.
Misfortune; reverse; reversal; a relapse in health or illness; moral backsliding.
Retrospect; hindsight.
backwater
Where this word comes from
Blend of back + forecast.
Retrospective.
Where this word comes from
Blend of back + forecast.
Long ago; in the past.
Where this word comes from
Blend of back + forecast.
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