forecast

From Middle English forecasten, forcasten, equivalent to fore- +‎ cast. The noun is from Middle English forecast, forcast.

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈfɔɹkæst/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈfɔːkɑːst/

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forecast (third-person singular simple present forecasts, present participle forecasting, simple past and past participle forecast or forecasted)

1. To estimate how something will be in the future.

   to forecast the weather

   to forecast a storm

2. (obsolete) To contrive or plan beforehand.
   • (Can we date this quote?) John Milton

     If it happen as I did forecast.

forecast (plural forecasts)

1. An estimation of a future condition.
2. A prediction of the weather.

   • What's the forecast for tomorrow?

3. (gambling) Exacta.

• (gambling): reverse forecast

• forecast in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• forecast in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.