forecast

[fawr-kast, -kahst, fohr-]

verb (used with object), fore·cast or fore·cast·ed, fore·cast·ing.

to predict (a future condition or occurrence); calculate in advance: to forecast a heavy snowfall; to forecast lower interest rates.

to serve as a prediction of; foreshadow.

to contrive or plan beforehand; prearrange.

verb (used without object), fore·cast or fore·cast·ed, fore·cast·ing.

to conjecture beforehand; make a prediction.

to plan or arrange beforehand.

noun

a prediction, especially as to the weather.

a conjecture as to something in the future.

the act, practice, or faculty of forecasting.

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, adjective

Synonyms for forecast

1. foretell, anticipate. 3. project. 4, 7. guess, estimate. 9. forethought, prescience.

Synonym study

1. See predict.

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Related Words for forecasted

outlook, projection, calculation, budget, prognosis, estimate, foresee, calculate, conclude, anticipate, portend, foretell, gauge, determine, augur, foreknowledge, conjecture, anticipation, precognition, augury

Examples from the Web for forecasted

Contemporary Examples of forecasted

But as this was the final RNC protest, activists were not to be deterred by drops of rain and forecasted lightning.
Protesters Say They Were ‘Successful’ in Tampa Despite Low Turnout
Lynn Waddell
August 31, 2012

Historical Examples of forecasted

If I had forecasted this asking I would have asked it myself.
Seven Short Plays
Lady Gregory
Just as he had forecasted, just so had matters shaped themselves.
The Wolf Cub
Patrick Casey
It was being run just as Billy had forecasted; there was nothing in this to shake his faith.
Bulldog Carney
W. A. Fraser
I have already indicated his views, most emphatically expressed and forecasted.
Twelve Men
Theodore Dreiser
In the case of an ordinary criminal, Heldon Foyle might have forecasted what would happen with a fair degree of certainty.
The Grell Mystery
Frank Froest

British Dictionary definitions for forecasted

forecast

verb -casts, -casting, -cast or -casted

to predict or calculate (weather, events, etc), in advance

(tr) to serve as an early indication of

(tr) to plan in advance

noun

a statement of probable future weather conditions calculated from meteorological data

a prophecy or prediction

the practice or power of forecasting

Derived Formsforecaster, noun

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Word Origin and History for forecasted

forecast

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

forecast

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.