Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.

Forecast \Fore*cast"\, v. i.
   To contrive or plan beforehand.

         If it happen as I did forecast.          --Milton.

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.

Source : WordNet®

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}]