<p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>(used with object) to predict (a future condition or occurrence); calculate in advance.</li><li>to serve as a prediction of; foreshadow.</li><li>to contrive or plan beforehand; prearrange.</li></ul><p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>a prediction, especially as to the weather.</li><li>a conjecture as to something in the future.</li><li>the act, practice, or faculty of forecasting.</li></ul>