"foregone" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈfɔɹɡɔn/ Audio: en-us-foregone.ogg [US] Forms: more foregone [comparative], most foregone [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɒn Head templates: {{en-adj}} foregone (comparative more foregone, superlative most foregone)
  1. previous, former Translations (Previous, former): минал (minal) (Bulgarian), предишен (predišen) (Bulgarian), vorig (Dutch), précédent (French), vorangegangen (German), vorhergegangen (German), предыдущий (predyduščij) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-foregone-en-adj-pN7yR0Yu Disambiguation of 'Previous, former': 94 5 1
  2. bygone Synonyms (bygone): forepassed Translations (Bygone): voorbij (Dutch), passé (French), vergangen (German), минувший (minuvšij) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-foregone-en-adj-~GJktrOG Disambiguation of 'bygone': 7 91 1 Disambiguation of 'Bygone': 9 89 2
  3. (informal) inevitable; settled Tags: informal Synonyms (inevitable): avoidless Translations (inevitable, predictable): очакван (očakvan) (Bulgarian), предвиден (predviden) (Bulgarian), inevitable (Catalan), onvermijdelijk (Dutch), voorspelbaar (Dutch), inévitable (French), prévisible (French), couru d’avance (French), ausgemacht (German), unvermeidlich (German), unvermeidbar (German), ovvio [masculine] (Italian), scontato [masculine] (Italian), prevedibile (Italian)
    Sense id: en-foregone-en-adj-8eZikJvP Disambiguation of 'inevitable': 1 2 97 Disambiguation of 'inevitable, predictable': 2 2 96
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: preceding [previous], used-to-be, former, historical, past, unescapable, inevitable Derived forms: foregone conclusion

Verb

IPA: /ˈfɔɹɡɔn/ Audio: en-us-foregone.ogg [US]
Rhymes: -ɒn Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} foregone
  1. past participle of forego Tags: form-of, participle, past Form of: forego
    Sense id: en-foregone-en-verb-w0yESOX- Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 34 3 57

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