Brazil is the largest coffee producer in the world. Each year Brazil exports more than 44 million bags of coffee. Vietnam follows at exporting over 27 million bags each year.
FORECAST
prognosis, forecast
(noun) a prediction about how something (as the weather) will develop
calculate, estimate, reckon, count on, figure, forecast
(verb) judge to be probable
bode, portend, auspicate, prognosticate, omen, presage, betoken, foreshadow, augur, foretell, prefigure, forecast, predict
(verb) indicate, as with a sign or an omen; “These signs bode bad news”
forecast, calculate
(verb) predict in advance
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
forecast (third-person singular simple present forecasts, present participle forecasting, simple past and past participle forecasted or forecast)
To estimate how something will be in the future.
To foreshadow; to suggest something in advance.
(obsolete) To contrive or plan beforehand.
Noun
forecast (plural forecasts)
An estimation of a future condition.
A prediction of the weather.
(betting) exacta
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Source: Wiktionary
Fore*cast", v. t.
1. To plan beforehand; to scheme; to project. He shall forecast his devices against the strongholds. Dan. xi. 24.
2. To foresee; to calculate beforehand, so as to provide for. It is wisdom to consider the end of things before we embark, and to forecast consequences. L'Estrange.
Fore*cast", v. i.
Definition: To contrive or plan beforehand. If it happen as I did forecast. Milton.
Fore"cast, n.
Definition: Previous contrivance or determination; predetermination. He makes this difference to arise from the forecast and predetermination of the gods themselves. Addison.
2. Foresight of consequences, and provision against them; prevision; premeditation. His calm, deliberate forecast better fitted him for the council than the camp. Prescott.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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