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foregone en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ˈfɔɹɡɔn/
  • (US) audio

Meanings

  1. previous, former
  2. bygone
    • For with the dream foregone, foregone, The deed forborne for ever, The worm, regret, will canker on, And time will turn him never. 1874, William Henley, O, Gather Me the Rose:
  3. (informal) inevitable; settled
    • I know people are still going through the details but it's not a foregone conclusion that it will get confirmation by the Senate. 2018 October 2, Erik Wasson, quoting John Cornyn, “Senate Approval of New Nafta Not a 'Foregone Conclusion,’ Republican Says”, in Bloomberg:

Forms

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most foregone Degree=Sup lexicographic
more foregone Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Deriveds

foregoneness · foregone conclusion · unforegone

Synonyms

forepassed (bygone) · historical · unescapable · preceding · avoidless (inevitable) · used-to-be

Translations (30)

de vorhergegangen (Previous, former) · bg предвиден (inevitable, predictable) · pl poprzedni (Previous, former) · pl przeszły (Bygone) · fr passé (Bygone) · bg минал (Previous, former) · pl dawny (Bygone) · ca inevitable (inevitable, predictable) · fr prévisible (inevitable, predictable) · de ausgemacht (inevitable, predictable) · fr précédent (Previous, former) · bg очакван (inevitable, predictable) · nl vorig (Previous, former) · ru предыдущий (Previous, former) · it ovvio (inevitable, predictable) · nl voorbij (Bygone) · de unvermeidlich (inevitable, predictable) · de unvermeidbar (inevitable, predictable) · de vorangegangen (Previous, former) · de vergangen (Bygone) · ru минувший (Bygone) · bg предишен (Previous, former) · pl nieunikniony (inevitable, predictable) · fr inévitable (inevitable, predictable) · nl onvermijdelijk (inevitable, predictable) · it scontato (inevitable, predictable) · pl miniony (Bygone) · nl voorspelbaar (inevitable, predictable) · fr couru d'avance (inevitable, predictable) · it prevedibile (inevitable, predictable)

foregone en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /ˈfɔɹɡɔn/
  • (US) audio

Meanings

  1. (form-of, participle, past) past participle of forego
    form of forego
    • "We need a different understanding of revenues and public expenditure. The 15-year freeze on fuel duty and lack of tax on aviation fuel are effectively a huge subsidy to those forms of travel, but they are not described as subsidy because they are foregone revenue. Yet if you invest to hold rail fares, it's seen as subsidy." 2025 May 28, Ben Plowden talks to Anthony Lambert, “The railway is an essential public service”, in RAIL, number 1036, page 33: