forego
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forego
go before; to precede: forego one’s partner in death
Not to be confused with:
forgo – to abstain or refrain from; do without; give up; renounce; forbear; sacrifice: I’ll forgo my dinner so that the poor child can eat.
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fore·go 1
(fôr-gō′)tr.v. fore·went (-wĕnt′), fore·gone (-gôn′, -gŏn′), fore·go·ing, fore·goes (-gōz′)
To precede, as in time or place. See Usage Note at forgo.
[Middle English foregon, from Old English foregān : fore-, fore- + gān, go; see ghē- in Indo-European roots.]
fore·go′er n.
fore·go 2
(fôr-gō′)v.
Variant of forgo.
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forego
(fɔːˈɡəʊ)vb, -goes, -going, -went or -gone
to precede in time, place, etc
[Old English foregān]
foreˈgoer n
forego
(fɔːˈɡəʊ)vb, -goes, -going, -went or -gone
(tr) a variant spelling of forgo
foreˈgoer n
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fore•go1
(fɔrˈgoʊ, foʊr-)v.t., v.i. -went, -gone, -go•ing.
to go before; precede.
[before 900]
fore•go′er, n.
fore•go2
(fɔrˈgoʊ, foʊr-)v.t. -went, -gone, -go•ing.
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forego
Past participle: foregone
Gerund: foregoing
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| Verb | 1. |  forego - be earlier in time; go back further; "Stone tools precede bronze tools" |
| 2. | forego - do without or cease to hold or adhere to; "We are dispensing with formalities"; "relinquish the old ideas" | |
| 3. | forego - lose (s.th.) or lose the right to (s.th.) by some error, offense, or crime; "you've forfeited your right to name your successor"; "forfeited property" abandon - forsake, leave behind; "We abandoned the old car in the empty parking lot" lapse - let slip; "He lapsed his membership" |
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forego
see forgoCollins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
forgo
also foregoverb
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Translations
forego
[fɔːˈgəʊ] (forewent (pt) (foregone (pp))) VT1. (= give up) → renunciar a; (= do without) → pasar sin, privarse de
2. (= precede) → preceder
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forego
pret <forewent>, ptp <foregone>vt → verzichten auf (+acc)
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