Synonym for "FORECAST"

4·cast: (verb, -cast or -cast·ed, -cast·ing, noun –verb )

(used with object)

1. to predict (a future condition or occurrence); calculate in advance: to 4cast a heavy snowfall; to 4cast lower interest rates.

2. to serve as a prediction of; 4shadow.

3. to contrive or plan beforehand; prearrange.

–verb (used without object)

4. to conjecture beforehand; make a prediction.

5. to plan or arrange beforehand.

–noun

6. a prediction, esp. as to the weather.

7. a conjecture as to something in the future.

8. the act, practice, or faculty of 4casting.

9. Archaic. 4sight in planning.