Foregone

Quick meaning: Foregone is a verb meaning past participle of forego.

Meaning

past participle of forego.

More Meanings

1. previous, former
2. (informal) inevitable; settled

Example Sentences

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

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

"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."

Synonyms for foregone

Depending on context, synonyms include preceding, used-to-be, forepassed, historical, avoidless, unescapable.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include past, bygone, gone, departed, predictable, foreseeable.

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