[fawr-gawn, -gon, fohr-; fawr-gawn, -gon, fohr-] 
| 1. | that has gone before; previous; past. |
| 2. | determined in advance; inevitable. |
[fawr-goh, fohr-] [fawr-goh] | 1. | to abstain or refrain from; do without. |
| 2. | to give up, renounce, or resign. |
| 3. | Archaic. to neglect or overlook. |
| 4. | Archaic. to quit or leave. |
| 5. | Obsolete. to go or pass by. |
| fore·go 1 (fôr-gō', fōr-) tr.v. fore·went (-wěnt'), fore·gone (-gôn', -gŏn'), fore·go·ing, fore·goes (-gōz') To precede, as in time or place. [Middle English foregon, from Old English foregān : fore-, fore- + gān, go; see ghē- in Indo-European roots.] fore·go'er n. |
| fore·gone v. (fôr-gôn', -gŏn', fōr-) Past participle of forego1. adj. (fôr'gôn', -gŏn', fōr'-) Having gone before; previous. Usage Note: The word foregone has recently developed a new meaning as a truncation of the phrase a foregone conclusion, as in It is by no means foregone that the team will relocate to Baltimore next season. But the usage has not gained broad acceptance; over 80 percent of Usage Panelists disapprove of this use of foregone. |
| for·go also fore·go (fôr-gō', fōr-) tr.v. for·went also fore·went (-wěnt'), for·gone also fore·gone (-gôn', -gŏn'), for·go·ing also fore·go·ing, for·goes also fore·goes To abstain from; relinquish: unwilling to forgo dessert. [Middle English forgon, from Old English forgān, go away, forgo : for-, for- + gān, to go; see ghē- in Indo-European roots.] for·go'er n. |
