"forego" meaning in English

See forego in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /fɔɹˈɡoʊ/ [US], /fɔːˈɡəʊ/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-forego.wav [Southern-England] Forms: foregoes [present, singular, third-person], foregoing [participle, present], forewent [past], foregone [participle, past]
Rhymes: -əʊ Etymology: From Middle English forgan, from Old English foregān, equivalent to fore- + go. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|forgan}} Middle English forgan, {{inh|en|ang|foregān}} Old English foregān, {{prefix|en|fore|go}} fore- + go Head templates: {{en-verb|foregoes|foregoing|forewent|foregone}} forego (third-person singular simple present foregoes, present participle foregoing, simple past forewent, past participle foregone)
  1. To precede, to go before. Synonyms: antecede, come before, precede
    Sense id: en-forego-en-verb-V5xgHl7U Categories (other): English terms prefixed with fore-
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /fɔɹˈɡoʊ/ [US], /fɔːˈɡəʊ/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-forego.wav [Southern-England] Forms: foregoes [present, singular, third-person], foregoing [participle, present], forewent [past], foregone [participle, past]
Rhymes: -əʊ Etymology: See forgo Etymology templates: {{m|en|forgo}} forgo Head templates: {{en-verb|foregoes|foregoing|forewent|foregone}} forego (third-person singular simple present foregoes, present participle foregoing, simple past forewent, past participle foregone)
  1. Alternative spelling of forgo; to abandon, to relinquish Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: forgo (extra: to abandon, to relinquish)
    Sense id: en-forego-en-verb--cIxtgfu Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 34 66 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 19 81
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for forego meaning in English (4.5kB)

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