Dictionary

foregone conclusion en · NOUN

Meanings

1. A predictable or inevitable conclusion, or one made without enough consideration and evidence.
   • In the first episode, Noah breaks up with Rebecca because she snooped around and found an engagement ring he had hidden and she started wearing it without giving him a chance to propose, taking their marriage as a foregone conclusion. 2024 October 5, Jessica Grose, “‘Nobody Wants This’ Pits Jewish Women Against ‘Shiksas.’ Nobody Wins.”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC:
   • […] [Sam] Altman had made each of OpenAI’s decisions about the Microsoft deal and GPT-3’s deployment a foregone conclusion, but he had maneuvered and manipulated dissenters into believing they had a real say until it was too late to change course. 2025, Karen Hao, Empire of AI, New York City: Penguin Press, →ISBN:

Forms

Relateds

open-and-shut · fait accompli

Translations (11)

fr couru d'avance (predictable or inevitable conclusion) · fi itsestäänselvyys (predictable or inevitable conclusion) · fi itsestäänselvä johtopäätös (predictable or inevitable conclusion) · pt resultado certo (predictable or inevitable conclusion) · fi selviö (predictable or inevitable conclusion) · es estar cantado (predictable or inevitable conclusion) · es ser de prever (predictable or inevitable conclusion) · ru предрешённый вы́вод (predictable or inevitable conclusion) · nl uitgemaakte zaak (predictable or inevitable conclusion) · pl rezultat przesądzony z góry (predictable or inevitable conclusion) · de ausgemachte Sache (predictable or inevitable conclusion)