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backcast

The correct spelling is backcast.

How to pronounce backcast

noun

Say it like: Bak-cas-t

The correct spelling is backcast. A cast or throw back.

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Meanings

noun

  1. 1.A cast or throw back.
  2. 2.A backward stroke, or a stroke driving one back.
  3. 3.Any discouragement or cause of relapse or failure.
  4. 4.Misfortune; reverse; reversal; a relapse in health or illness; moral backsliding.
  5. 5.Retrospect; hindsight.

verb

  1. 1.To identify the actions required in order to reach a proposed future.
  2. 2.To change retrospectively; reverse.

adjective

  1. 1.Retrospective.

adverb

  1. 1.(of time) Long ago; in the past.

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