foregone

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfoɹɡɔn/

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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, William Henley, 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, predictable
   • 2018 October 2, Erik Wasson, quoting John Cornyn, “Senate Approval of New Nafta Not a 'Foregone Conclusion,’ Republican Says”, in Bloomberg‎^[1]:

     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

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)
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• French: précédent (fr)
• German: vorangegangen (de), vorhergegangen

Bygone

• Dutch: voorbij (nl)
• French: passé (fr)
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• German: vergangen (de)

inevitable, predictable

• Bulgarian: очакван (bg) (očakvan), предвиден (bg) (predviden)
• Catalan: inevitable (ca)
• Dutch: onvermijdelijk (nl), voorspelbaar (nl)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• French: inévitable (fr), prévisible (fr), couru d’avance
• German: ausgemacht (de), unvermeidlich, unvermeidbar (de)
• Italian: ovvio (it) m, scontato (it) m, prevedibile (it)

Derived terms

• foregone conclusion