previous forecast
collocation in Englishmeaningsofpreviousandforecast
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previous
adjective[before noun]
uk/ˈpriː.vi.əs/us/ˈpriː.vi.əs/
happening or existing before something or ...
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forecast
noun[C]
uk/ˈfɔː.kɑːst/us/ˈfɔːr.kæst/
a statement of what is judged likely to happen in the future, especially in connection with a particular situation, or the expected ...
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(Definition ofpreviousandforecastfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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It gives me no pleasure in principle to see the growth of public expenditure rising above thepreviousforecast.
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In this respect, they resemble, both in their optimism and probable inaccuracy, everypreviousforecastof demand which has been made.
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This is a reduction of 3,000 on thepreviousforecastfor 2020.
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Commitments under the existing scheme will be honoured, and will be in excess of thepreviousforecast.
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For the first time in two years, these forecasts have not revised thepreviousforecastdownwards.
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For the year after that, the forecast is now £12 billion, compared with thepreviousforecastof £5 billion.
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It is too early to say whether any element of the increase in the deficit is attributable to variations from thepreviousforecastin first and second-class letter traffic.
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He may also be interested to know that private investment in the last few months has actually turned out to be a good deal higher than in thepreviousforecast.
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The other forecast is that by the end of the decade the prison population is unlikely to exceed 42,000, as against apreviousforecastof between 62,000 and 67,000.
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The large rise in interest rates this summer, for instance, which could not have been forecast, is bound to add substantially to public expenditure compared with thepreviousforecast.
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Risk assessment remained consistent with thepreviousforecast.
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For the period, the company revises consolidated net profit to $594,000 from apreviousforecastof a $169,500 consolidated net loss.
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Winds blew at up to 77mph km/h, catching many off-guard after apreviousforecastthat deemed the region was safe.
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As we heard earlier, previous forecasts have proved to be wrong.
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There is no attempt to quantify individual items in the various categories or to correlate items with previous forecasts of public expenditure.
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All previous forecasts have given an estimate of the breakdown between private and public capital investment.
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All previous forecasts on nuclear energy have had one distinguishing feature—they have been miles out.
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There are major reductions in the level of multilateral aid from the previous forecasts.
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It is stated that the employment projections fell short of previous forecasts.
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However, it is not true and there can never be an excuse for trying to force events to conform to previous forecasts.
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