foregone

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

foregone (fɔːˈɡɒn, ˈfɔːˌɡɒn)

—*adj*
	gone or completed; past

fore'goneness

—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;

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

Example sentences

Some interviews are foregone conclusions with an inside candidate.

Financial capital is little more than foregone consumption.

The cost of education borne by the student consists not only of tuition and

living expenses but also of foregone earnings.

Deniers, on the other hand, interpret that same evidence only as it might

support their foregone conclusions.

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"Thus far woman has struggled through life with bandaged eyes, accepting the dogma of her weakness and inability to take care of herself not only physically but intellectually. She has held out a trembling hand and received gratefully the proffered aid. She has foregone her right to study, to know the laws and purposes of government to which she is subject. But there is now awakened in her a consciousness that she is defrauded of her legitimate Rights and that she never can fulfill her mission until she is placed in that position to which she feels herself called by the divinity within. Hitherto she has surrendered her person and her individuality to man, but she can no longer do this and not feel that she is outraging her nature and her God."

-Sarah M. Grimke