Backcast

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  • v. To identify the actions required in order to reach a proposed future.
  • v. To change retrospectively; reverse.
  • n. A cast or throw back.
  • n. A backward stroke, or a stroke driving one back.
  • n. Any discouragement or cause of relapse or failure.
  • n. Misfortune; reverse; reversal; a relapse in health or illness; moral backsliding.
  • n. Retrospect; hindsight.
  • n. backwater
  • adj. Retrospective.
  • ad. (of time) Long ago; in the past.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. Anything which brings misfortune upon one, or causes failure in an effort or enterprise; a reverse.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A cast or throw back.
  • n. A backward stroke, or a stroke driving one back; hence, figuratively, any discouragement or cause of relapse or failure.
  • Cast or thrown back: as, “back-cast thoughts,”
    • Word Usage
    "See things the way they can be: Don't forecast but "backcast"."
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