Hypertext Webster Gateway: "forecast"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Forecast \Fore*cast"\, v. i.
To contrive or plan beforehand.
If it happen as I did forecast. --Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
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}]
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