1. forecast - Noun
2. forecast - Verb
To plan beforehand; to scheme; to project.
To foresee; to calculate beforehand, so as to provide for.
To contrive or plan beforehand.
Previous contrivance or determination; predetermination.
Foresight of consequences, and provision against them; prevision; premeditation.
Source: Webster's dictionaryI cannot forecast to you the action of Russia. It is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma but perhaps there is a key. That key is Russian national interest. Winston Churchill
It is best to read the weather forecast before praying for rain. Mark Twain
Weather forecast for tonight: dark. George Carlin
One cannot divine nor forecast the conditions that will make happiness; one only stumbles upon them by chance, in a lucky hour, at the world's end somewhere, and hold fast to the days, as to fortune or fame. Willa Cather
The stock market has forecast nine of the last five recessions. Paul Samuelson
An ounce of fortune is worth a pound of forecast. Romanian Proverb