forecast

forecast [fawr-kast, -kahst, fohr-] SynonymsWord Origin verb (used with object), fore·cast or fore·cast·ed, fore·cast·ing.

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), fore·cast or fore·cast·ed, fore·cast·ing.

4. to conjecture beforehand; make a prediction.
5. to plan or arrange beforehand.

noun

6. a prediction, especially 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.

Origin of forecast 1350–1400; Middle English (noun) plan. See fore-, cast Related formsfore·cast·a·ble, adjectivefore·cast·er, nounre·fore·cast, verb (used with object), re·fore·cast or re·fore·cast·ed, re·fore·cast·ing.un·fore·cast, adjectiveun·fore·cast·ed, adjectiveSynonyms for forecast 1. foretell, anticipate. 3. project. 4, 7. guess, estimate. 9. forethought, prescience.Synonym study 1. See predict. British Dictionary definitions for forecastable forecast verb -casts, -casting, -cast or -casted

1. to predict or calculate (weather, events, etc), in advance
2. (tr) to serve as an early indication of
3. (tr) to plan in advance

noun

4. a statement of probable future weather conditions calculated from meteorological data
5. a prophecy or prediction
6. the practice or power of forecasting

Derived Formsforecaster, noun Word Origin and History for forecastable forecast v.

late 14c., “to scheme,” from fore- “before” + casten “contrive.” Meaning “predict events” first attested late 15c. Related: Forecasted; forecasting.

forecast n.

early 15c., probably from forecast (v.); earliest sense was “forethought, prudence;” meaning “conjectured estimate of a future course” is from 1670s. A Middle English word for weather forecasting was aeromancy.