to predict (a future condition or occurrence); calculate in advance

to forecast a heavy snowfall; to forecast lower interest rates.

to serve as a prediction of; foreshadow.

to contrive or plan beforehand; prearrange.

to conjecture beforehand; make a prediction.

to plan or arrange beforehand.

a prediction, esp. as to the weather.

a conjecture as to something in the future.

the act, practice, or faculty of forecasting.

Archaic . foresight in planning.

noun

anticipation , augury , budget , calculation , cast , conjecture , divination , estimate , foreknowledge , foreseeing , foresight , foretelling , forethought , foretoken , guess , outlook , planning , precognition , prescience , prevision , prognosis , prognostication , projection , prophecy , fortune-telling , horoscope , meteorology , predetermination , premeditation

verb

adumbrate , anticipate , augur , calculate , call the turn , conclude , conjecture , demonstrate , determine , divine , dope out * , estimate , figure , figure out * , foresee , foretell , gather , gauge , infer , in the cards , plan , portend , predetermine , presage , prognosticate , prophesy , reason , see it coming , soothsay , surmise , telegraph , call , project , bode , forerun , foreshadow , foretoken , prefigure , calculation , fortune , guess , horoscope , meteorology , outlook , predict , prediction , prognosis , prognostic , prognostication , projection