[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

forecast \forecast"\, v. i.
   to contrive or plan beforehand.
   1913 webster

         if it happen as i did forecast.          --milton.
   1913 webster

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

forecast \fore"cast\, n.
   previous contrivance or determination; predetermination.
   1913 webster

         he makes this difference to arise from the forecast and
         predetermination of the gods themselves. --addison.
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   2. a calculation predicting future events; the foresight of
      consequences, and provision against them; prevision;
      premeditation; as, the weather forecast.
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            his calm, deliberate forecast better fitted him for
            the council than the camp.            --prescott.
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[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

forecast \forecast"\, v. t.
   1. to plan beforehand; to scheme; to project.
      1913 webster

            he shall forecast his devices against the
            strongholds.                          --dan. xi. 24.
      1913 webster

   2. to foresee; to calculate beforehand, so as to provide for;
      as, to forecast the weather; to forecast prices.
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            it is wisdom to consider the end of things before we
            embark, and to forecast consequences. --l'estrange.
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[4] : WordNet (r) 2.0

forecast
     n : a prediction about how something as the weather will
         develop syn: prognosis
     v 1: predict in advance syn: calculate
     2: judge to be probable syn: calculate, estimate, reckon,
         count on, figure
     3: indicate by signs; "these signs bode bad news" syn: bode,
         portend, auspicate, prognosticate, omen, presage,
         betoken, foreshadow, augur, foretell, prefigure,
         predict
see also:
prognosis calculate estimate reckon count on figure 
bode portend auspicate prognosticate omen 
presage betoken foreshadow augur foretell 
prefigure predict 

[5] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

148 moby thesaurus words for "forecast":
   accounting, actuarial prediction, adumbrate, analysis, anticipate,
   anticipation, apocalypse, arrange, augur, augury,
   automatic electronic navigation, braking, calculate, calculation,
   cast, cast a horoscope, cast a nativity, computation, concert,
   conclude, conjecture, contemplation, contrive, coordination,
   cut out, design, devise, discretion, divine, dope, dope out,
   dowse for water, envisagement, envisionment, fact distribution,
   farseeingness, farsightedness, figure, forebode, foreboding,
   forecasting, forecasts, foreglance, foregleam, foreglimpse,
   forehandedness, foreknown, foresee, foreseeing, foreseen,
   foreshowing, foreshown, foresight, foresightedness, foretell,
   foretelling, foretold, forewarn, forewarning, fortune-tell, frame,
   gather, guess, guesswork, hariolate, improbability, infer,
   inspection, intend, lay plans, longsightedness, looking ahead,
   make a prediction, make a prognosis, make a projection,
   make a prophecy, make arrangements, manipulation, methodize,
   nonlinear calibrations, omen, organize, output measurement, plan,
   plan ahead, portend, prearrange, predict, predicted, prediction,
   prefiguration, prefigure, prefigurement, prefiguring, preparation,
   prepublication, presage, presaged, presaging, presentiment,
   preshowing, presignifying, preview, prevision, probability,
   processing, prognosis, prognosticate, prognostication, program,
   project, promise, prophecy, prophesied, prophesy, prophesying,
   prospect, prospection, prospectus, providence, provision, prudence,
   rationalize, read palms, read tea leaves, read the future,
   readiness, record keeping, sagacity, schedule, schematize, set up,
   shape, soothsay, speculate, speculation, statistical prediction,
   steering, supersonic flow detection, surmise, systematize,
   tell fortunes, tell the future, vaticinate, vaticination, weird,
   work out, work up

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