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4 definitions found 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 1.6 [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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