Cast
Cast noun - A declaration that something will happen in the future.
Usage example: stock market analysts offered an optimistic cast for the coming year
Prediction and cast are semantically related in creed topic. In some cases you can use "Prediction" instead a noun "Cast".
Prediction
Prediction noun - A declaration that something will happen in the future.
Usage example: we were all amazed when the fortune-teller's predictions turned out to be true
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Cast and prediction are semantically related in creed topic. Sometimes you can use "Cast" instead a noun "Prediction", if it concerns topics such as declaration made in advance.
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- The truly strange thing is that even though they are fully aware their generic descriptions are often very wrong to start with, they get extremely annoyed should someone cast doubt when they make a prediction.
Source: Conviction by Contradiction - An Applied Phlebotinum / Techno Babble-powered example occurred in the first episode of Blake's 7 after the super-computer ORAC joined the cast, when they tested out its future-prediction capabilities and got a short video clip of what appeared to be the Liberator exploding.
Source: Prophetic Fallacy - In 1998, Alec Baldwin hosted and during his Yet Another Christmas Carol opening speech, Jimmy Fallon, then a new cast member, made an appearance as the "Ghost of Hosts Future" and told Alec that he was given a prediction that he would become famous and host the show in 2011.
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