forecasting

forecasting

noun

Definition of FORECASTING

a declaration that something will happen in the future <the construction company's forecasting of a September 1 completion date for the new school was wildly optimistic>

Synonyms auguring, augury, bodement, cast, forecast, forecasting, foretelling, predicting, presaging, prognosis, prognostic, prognosticating, prognostication, prophecy (also prophesy), soothsaying, vaticination

Related Words foreboding, harbinger, omen, portent, prevision, prospectus, sign; anticipation, foreknowledge; foresight; conjecture, guess, surmise