backcast — English Dictionary

Verb

1. To identify the actions required in order to reach a proposed future.

2. To change retrospectively; reverse.

   Usage

   • UK usage
   • dialectal

Noun

1. A cast or throw back.

2. A backward stroke, or a stroke driving one back.

3. Any discouragement or cause of relapse or failure.

   Usage

   • Figurative

4. Misfortune; reverse; reversal; a relapse in health or illness; moral backsliding.

   Usage

   • UK usage
   • dialectal

5. Retrospect; hindsight.

   Usage

   • UK usage
   • dialectal

6. backwater

   Usage

   • UK usage
   • dialectal

Adjective

1. Retrospective.

   Usage

   • UK usage
   • dialectal

Adverb

1. Long ago; in the past.

   Usage

   • UK usage
   • dialectal
   • of time

   Synonyms

   of oldway back