[fore.cast] vb forecast also fore.cast.ed ; fore.cast.ing vt (15c) 1 a: to calculate or predict (some future event or condition) usu. as a result of study and analysis of available pertinent data; esp: to predict (weather conditions) on the basis of correlated meteorological observations b: to indicate as likely to occur
2: to serve as a forecast of: presage "such events may ~ peace" ~ vi: to calculate the future syn see foretell -- fore.cast.able adj -- fore.cast.er n
[2]fore.cast n (ca. 1541) 1 archaic: foresight of consequences and provision against them: forethought
2: a prophecy, estimate, or prediction of a future happening or condition