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forego

[fawr-goh, fohr-]

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verb (used with object), verb (used without object), -went, -gone, -go·ing.

to go before; precede.

Origin:
before 900; Middle English forgon, forgan, Old English foregān. See fore-, go¹

Related forms

fore·go·er, noun

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Example Sentences

If you must, forego one-time expenses to net a greater salary increase.

The cost is that the nation must forego the potential benefits of greater state spending.

Our inability to forego these rewarding aspects of food intake override long-term homeostatic control, contributing to obesity.

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If you must, forego one-time expenses to net a greater salary increase.

The cost is that the nation must forego the potential benefits of greater state spending.

Our inability to forego these rewarding aspects of food intake override long-term homeostatic control, contributing to obesity.

Forego the tradition and cook the stuffing outside of the bird.

However, he has decided to forego anonymity and will be chronicling his search for a tenure-track job this academic year.

Inflation expectations are implied by the extra return investors demand to forego protection against future price increases.

So from the start it values the willingness to forego evidence and rational thinking.

Or alternatively forego the luxury of children altogether.

Once hooked they rarely, if ever, willingly forego it.

In the short term, it is easy to understand the temptation to forego justice in an effort to end armed conflict.

Essentially, too many people forego the ounce of prevention gambling that they won't need the pound of cure.

If you forego the use of the subjunctive, you really compromise one´s understanding of this sentence.

The consumer still has the option to forego operating an automobile and thus legally avoid the cost of auto insurance.

It would have been wiser to adhere to the play and forego any searching for laughter.

Because of the reports of problems, many election integrity groups are urging voters to forego the option.

It is the true specialty of the region, and one no discerning visitor should forego.

Those who know me realize that it was quite an effort to forego that response.

Some women forego the skin because they feel it is too fattening, he said.

But it is permissible to discriminate on admissions if you shoose to forego federal aid and funding.

Banks would be free to forego this insurance and regulation, so that there would be a two-tier banking system.

Bergstrom agreed to forego an advance and split the profits from the book with the author.

Ramsay is dead wrong on this issue if he really says you should forego an employer match.

Even if blacks could sell their songs, they have to forego authorship and royalties.

The posts are…well, let me forego the customary list of unsalutory adjectives and simply ask:.

Watson chose to forego compensation on his company's profits from war contracts.

Because he decided to forego an expensive piece of equipment that keeps water continually on the boil ready for.

Even better, forego the menu entirely and put yourself in the capable hands of your waiter.

But for those willing to forego beachfront views and sleek design, there are a few options.

The merchant will be unable to help the villager and also not forego his commission.

We too feel a devotion to our young that makes us forego ordinary pleasures to ensure that they survive and thrive.

US will have to forego its worldwide military role while keeping its deterrent role.

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verb (used with object), -went, -gone, -go·ing.

forgo.

Related forms

fore·go·er, noun

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World English Dictionary

forego¹ (fɔːˈɡəʊ)

—vb , -goes, -going, -went, -gone
	to precede in time, place, etc

[Old English foregān]

fore'goer¹

—n

forego² (fɔːˈɡəʊ)

—vb , -goes, -going, -went, -gone
	(tr) a variant spelling of forgo

fore'goer²

—n

forgo or forego (fɔːˈɡəʊ)

—vb , -goes, -going, -went, -gone
1.	to give up or do without
2.	archaic to leave

[Old English forgān; see for-, go¹]

forego or forego

—vb

[Old English forgān; see for-, go¹]

for'goer or forego

—n

fore'goer or forego

—n

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Word Origin & History

forego

O.E. forgan "go away, pass over, leave undone," from for- "away" + gan "go." Usually in foregone conclusion, which was popularized in Shakespeare's "Othello" [III.iii], but his sense was not necessarily the main modern one of "a decision already formed before the case is argued." Related: Foregoing;

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foregone. The similar foredone is now archaic, replaced by done for.

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"The only mode of obtaining an answer to these questions of the senses is to forego all low curiosity, and, accepting the tide of being which floats us into the secret of nature, work and live, work and live, and all unawares the advancing soul has built and forged for itself a new condition, and the question and the answer are one."

-Ralph Waldo Emerson

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