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, prediction, foretelling, predicting, presaging, prognosis, prognostic, prognosticating, prognostication, prophecy (also prophesy), soothsaying, vaticinationRelated Words foreboding, harbinger, omen, portent, prevision, prospectus, sign; anticipation, foreknowledge; foresight; conjecture, guess, surmise