Definition of "backcast" in English

verb

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

2. (UK dialectal) To change retrospectively; reverse.

noun

1. A cast or throw back.

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

3. (figuratively) Any discouragement or cause of relapse or failure.

4. (UK dialectal) Misfortune; reverse; reversal; a relapse in health or illness; moral backsliding.

5. (UK dialectal) Retrospect; hindsight.

6. (UK dialectal) backwater

adjective

1. (UK dialectal) Retrospective.

adverb

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