English
Pronunciation
IPA|/'foɻgo/, SAMPA|/'/
Etymology
OE. forgan (for + gan).
Verb
en-verb|foregoes|foregoing|forewent|foregone
- To precede, to go before.
- alternative spelling of|forgo
#*1762, "The White Witch of the Wood, or the Devil of Broxbon", in The Beauties of all the Magazines Selected, for the Year 1762, Volume I (February), T. Waller (1762), page 34,
#*:[…] for on no other terms does Å¿he deÅ¿ire a reconciliation, but will Å¿ooner forego all the hopes to which her birth entitles her, and get her bread by Å¿ervice, than ever yield to become the wife of the â��â��.
Usage notes
In sense 1, usually found in the form of the participles foregone (especially in the phrase "a foregone conclusion") and foregoing (usually used either attributively, as in "the foregoing discussion", or substantively, as in "subject to the foregoing").
In sense 2, many writers prefer the less common spelling forgo, on the grounds that it avoids ambiguity.
Translations
trans-top|To precede.
Dutch: laten voorbijgaan, passen
Finnish: edeltää
French: précéder
trans-mid
Italian: precedere
Indonesian: pasrah|memasrahkan
Japanese: 諦�� (�����, akirameru)
trans-bottom
References
R:Century 1911
R:Webster 1913
Category:English irregular verbs
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ko:forego
io:forego
id:forego
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fi:forego
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