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fore⋅cast
[fawr-kast, -kahst, fohr-] 
verb, -cast or -cast⋅ed, -cast⋅ing, noun –verb (used with object)
| 1. | to predict (a future condition or occurrence); calculate in advance: to forecast a heavy snowfall; to forecast lower interest rates. |
| 2. | to serve as a prediction of; foreshadow. |
| 3. | to contrive or plan beforehand; prearrange. |
–verb (used without object)
| 4. | to conjecture beforehand; make a prediction. |
| 5. | to plan or arrange beforehand. |
–noun
| 6. | a prediction, esp. as to the weather. |
| 7. | a conjecture as to something in the future. |
| 8. | the act, practice, or faculty of forecasting. |
| 9. | Archaic. foresight in planning. |
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| fore·cast (fôr'kāst', fōr'-) v. fore·cast or fore·cast·ed, fore·cast·ing, fore·casts v. tr.
To calculate or estimate something in advance; predict the future. n. A prediction, as of coming events or conditions. [Middle English forecasten, to plan beforehand : fore-, fore- + casten, to throw, calculate, prepare; see cast.] fore·cast'a·ble adj., fore'cast'er n. |
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Forecast
Fore*cast"\, v. t. 1. To plan beforehand; to scheme; to project. He shall forecast his devices against the strongholds. --Dan. xi. 24. 2. To foresee; to calculate beforehand, so as to provide for. It is wisdom to consider the end of things before we embark, and to forecast consequences. --L'Estrange.Forecast
Fore*cast"\, v. i. To contrive or plan beforehand. If it happen as I did forecast. --Milton.Forecast
Fore"cast\, n. Previous contrivance or determination; predetermination. He makes this difference to arise from the forecast and predetermination of the gods themselves. --Addison. 2. Foresight of consequences, and provision against them; prevision; premeditation. His calm, deliberate forecast better fitted him for the council than the camp. --Prescott.
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Language Translation for : forecast
Spanish:
pronosticar,
German:
voraussagen,
Japanese:
予測する
forecast (v.)
c.1388, "to scheme," from fore "before" + casten "contrive." Meaning "predict events" first attested 1494.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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