[fawr-kast, -kahst, fohr-] 
verb, -cast or -cast⋅ed, -cast⋅ing, noun | 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. |
| 4. | to conjecture beforehand; make a prediction. |
| 5. | to plan or arrange beforehand. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
