予報士
解説 Definition
天気や経済動向などの将来を予測・予報する専門家のこと。
A forecaster is a person who predicts what will happen in the future based on information and patterns. The word is commonly used for weather, business, and economic predictions.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
まず forecast を先に覚えると楽です。forecast は weather forecast や sales forecast の形で頻出し、そこに -er が付くと「予報する人」になります。weather forecaster, economic forecaster のように分野名を前に置く形で覚えると定着しやすいです。predictor は機械・要因・指標にも言えますが、forecaster は情報を集めて先を読み、予報を出す専門家という人のイメージ。forecast→forecaster の順で結びつけると忘れにくくなります。
Learn forecast first, because forecaster is just forecast + -er, meaning the person who does it. You will often see weather forecaster or economic forecaster. This word suggests someone who studies information and gives a professional prediction. That makes it more specific than a general predictor.
例文
The weather forecaster predicted heavy rain for the weekend.
気象予報士は週末に大雨が降ると予測した。
Economic forecasters warned of a potential recession next year.
経済予測の専門家たちは、来年に景気後退が起こる可能性があると警告した。
The forecaster's prediction about the hurricane's path turned out to be accurate.
ハリケーンの進路に関する予報士の予測は正確であった。
forecaster の類義語・関連語
派生語
forecaster の語源・成り立ち Etymology
forecasterはfore-「前もって」+ cast「投げる」+ -er「する人」から成ります。castは古ノルド語kasta由来で、「先へ投げて見通す」感覚から、未来を言い当てる人＝予報士になりました。関連語はforecast、broadcast。
"Forecaster" is built from "fore-" meaning "before," "cast," and the ending "-er" for a person who does something. "Cast" comes from Old Norse "kasta," meaning "to throw." The image is of throwing your thought ahead in time, so the word came to mean a person who predicts what is coming. Related words include "forecast" and "broadcast."
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