foregone

foregone

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɔɹɡɔn/

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• Rhymes: -ɒn

Verb

foregone

1. past participle of forego

Adjective

foregone (comparative more foregone, superlative most foregone)

1. previous, former
2. bygone
   • 1874, Henley, William, O, Gather Me the Rose:

     For with the dream foregone, foregone,
     The deed forborne for ever,
     The worm, regret, will canker on,
     And time will turn him never.

3. (informal) inevitable; settled
   • 2018 October 2, Wasson, Erik, quoting John Cornyn, “Senate Approval of New Nafta Not a 'Foregone Conclusion,’ Republican Says”, in Bloomberg‎:

     I know people are still going through the details but it's not a foregone conclusion that it will get confirmation by the Senate.

Synonyms

• (previous): preceding, used-to-be; see also Thesaurus:former
• (bygone): forepassed, historical; see also Thesaurus:past
• (inevitable): avoidless, unescapable; see also Thesaurus:inevitable

Derived terms

• foregone conclusion

Translations

Previous, former

Bulgarian: минал (bg) (minal), предишен (bg) (predišen) Chinese: Mandarin: (please verify) 先前的, (please verify) 上一个的 Dutch: vorig (nl) French: précédent (fr) German: vorangegangen (de), vorhergegangen (de) Russian: предыдущий (ru) (predyduščij)

Bygone

Dutch: voorbij (nl) French: passé (fr) German: vergangen (de) Russian: минувший (ru) (minuvšij)

inevitable, predictable

Bulgarian: очакван (bg) (očakvan), предвиден (bg) (predviden) Catalan: inevitable (ca) Dutch: onvermijdelijk (nl), voorspelbaar (nl) French: inévitable (fr), prévisible (fr), couru d'avance (fr) German: ausgemacht (de), unvermeidlich (de), unvermeidbar (de) Italian: ovvio (it) m, scontato (it) m, prevedibile (it)