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noun

forecasting n. The process of calculating and predicting future events, usually based on extrapolation from past experience, and with varying degress of uncertainty.

Synonyms: prediction, foretelling.

verb

Forecast v. t. (past & past part. forecast or forecasted; pres. part. forecasting)

To plan beforehand; to scheme; to project. "He shall forecast his devices against the strongholds."

To foresee; to calculate beforehand, so as to provide for; as, to forecast the weather; to forecast prices. "It is wisdom to consider the end of things before we embark, and to forecast consequences."

Forecast v. i. (past & past part. forecast or forecasted; pres. part. forecasting) To contrive or plan beforehand. "If it happen as I did forecast."

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Etymology of 'Forecasting'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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— The 1990 CIA World Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency

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