"forgo" meaning in English

See forgo in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /fɔːˈɡəʊ/ [UK], /fɔɹˈɡoʊ/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-forgo.wav Forms: forgoes [present, singular, third-person], forgoing [participle, present], forwent [past], forgoed [nonstandard, past], forgone [participle, past], forwent [nonstandard, participle, past], forgoed [nonstandard, participle, past], forego [alternative, proscribed]
Rhymes: -əʊ Etymology: From Middle English forgon (“to go by, pass up”), from Old English forgān (“to go away, forgo”); equivalent to for- + go. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|forgon|t=to go by, pass up}} Middle English forgon (“to go by, pass up”), {{inh|en|ang|forgān|t=to go away, forgo}} Old English forgān (“to go away, forgo”), {{pre|en|for|go}} for- + go Head templates: {{en-verb|forgo<~es,+,forwent:+􂀿nonstandard􂁀,~ne:+􂀿nonstandard􂁀>}} forgo (third-person singular simple present forgoes, present participle forgoing, simple past forwent or (nonstandard) forgoed, past participle forgone or (nonstandard) forwent or (nonstandard) forgoed), {{tlb|en|transitive}} (transitive)
  1. To do without (something enjoyable); to relinquish. Tags: transitive Translations (to do without): минавам без (minavam bez) (Bulgarian), undvære (Danish), het zonder doen (Dutch), zich onthouden van (Dutch), luopua (Finnish), olla ilman (Finnish), pidättäytyä (Finnish), se passer de (French), renoncer à (French), verzichten (english: auf) (German), entsagen (German), whakamahue (Maori), whakakore (Maori), whakarere (Maori), waiho (Maori), abandonar (Occitan), deissar (Occitan), renonciar (Occitan), obywać się bez [imperfective] (Polish), obyć się bez [perfective] (Polish), отка́зываться (otkázyvatʹsja) (Russian), возде́рживаться (vozdérživatʹsja) (Russian), dejar de lado (Spanish), renunciar a (Spanish), avstå från (Swedish) Translations (to let pass): отказвам се (otkazvam se) (Bulgarian), изоставям (izostavjam) (Bulgarian), forgå (Danish), laten voorbijgaan (Dutch), passen (Dutch), päästää (Finnish), antaa mennä (Finnish), jättää rauhaan (Finnish), auslassen (German), unterlassen (German), renonciar (Occitan), daissar (Occitan), rezygnować [imperfective] (Polish), zrezygnować [perfective] (Polish), privar-se de (Portuguese), odpovedati se čemu (Slovene), pasar por alto (Spanish), dejar pasar (Spanish), förgå (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-forgo-en-verb-mG7nvzaM Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with for-, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Indonesian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Occitan translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Slovene translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 92 8 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with for-: 63 37 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 94 6 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 94 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 95 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 89 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 96 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 85 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 92 8 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 89 11 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 89 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Indonesian translations: 89 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 90 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 89 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Occitan translations: 89 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 88 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 89 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 92 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovene translations: 89 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 91 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 92 8 Disambiguation of 'to do without': 98 2 Disambiguation of 'to let pass': 99 1
  2. (literary) To refrain from, to abstain from. Tags: literary, transitive
    Sense id: en-forgo-en-verb-Khq5n2Nw
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: forgoable, forgoer

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "bg",
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          "roman": "otkazvam se",
          "sense": "to let pass",
          "word": "отказвам се"
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          "sense": "to let pass",
          "word": "laten voorbijgaan"
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          "sense": "to let pass",
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          "sense": "to let pass",
          "word": "päästää"
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          "sense": "to let pass",
          "word": "antaa mennä"
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "lang_code": "fi",
          "sense": "to let pass",
          "word": "jättää rauhaan"
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          "code": "de",
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          "sense": "to let pass",
          "word": "auslassen"
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "de",
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          "word": "unterlassen"
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          "sense": "to let pass",
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          "code": "pt",
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          "sense": "to let pass",
          "word": "privar-se de"
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          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
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          "sense": "to let pass",
          "word": "odpovedati se čemu"
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
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          "sense": "to let pass",
          "word": "pasar por alto"
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          "word": "dejar pasar"
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          "sense": "to let pass",
          "word": "förgå"
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          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
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          "roman": "minavam bez",
          "sense": "to do without",
          "word": "минавам без"
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          "code": "da",
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          "sense": "to do without",
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          "sense": "to do without",
          "word": "het zonder doen"
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          "lang_code": "nl",
          "sense": "to do without",
          "word": "zich onthouden van"
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          "_dis1": "98 2",
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          "sense": "to do without",
          "word": "luopua"
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          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "lang_code": "fi",
          "sense": "to do without",
          "word": "olla ilman"
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          "lang": "Finnish",
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          "sense": "to do without",
          "word": "pidättäytyä"
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          "sense": "to do without",
          "word": "se passer de"
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          "sense": "to do without",
          "word": "renoncer à"
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          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "de",
          "english": "auf",
          "lang": "German",
          "lang_code": "de",
          "sense": "to do without",
          "translation": "auf",
          "word": "verzichten"
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          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "de",
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          "sense": "to do without",
          "word": "entsagen"
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          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "lang_code": "mi",
          "sense": "to do without",
          "word": "whakamahue"
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          "lang": "Maori",
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          "sense": "to do without",
          "word": "whakakore"
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          "lang_code": "mi",
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          "word": "whakarere"
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          "sense": "to do without",
          "word": "waiho"
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          "code": "oc",
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          "sense": "to do without",
          "word": "abandonar"
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          "sense": "to do without",
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          "sense": "to do without",
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          "sense": "to do without",
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          "word": "obywać się bez"
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          "sense": "to do without",
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          "word": "obyć się bez"
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          "code": "ru",
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          "roman": "otkázyvatʹsja",
          "sense": "to do without",
          "word": "отка́зываться"
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          "code": "ru",
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          "roman": "vozdérživatʹsja",
          "sense": "to do without",
          "word": "возде́рживаться"
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          "sense": "to do without",
          "word": "renunciar a"
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          "sense": "to do without",
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        "(literary) To refrain from, to abstain from."
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
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      "roman": "otkazvam se",
      "sense": "to let pass",
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      "word": "forgå"
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      "sense": "to let pass",
      "word": "laten voorbijgaan"
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      "sense": "to let pass",
      "word": "antaa mennä"
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      "word": "jättää rauhaan"
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      "code": "de",
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      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "to let pass",
      "word": "auslassen"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
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      "sense": "to let pass",
      "word": "unterlassen"
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      "code": "oc",
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      "sense": "to let pass",
      "word": "renonciar"
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      "sense": "to let pass",
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      "sense": "to let pass",
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "to let pass",
      "word": "privar-se de"
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      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
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      "sense": "to let pass",
      "word": "odpovedati se čemu"
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      "code": "es",
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      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "to let pass",
      "word": "pasar por alto"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "to let pass",
      "word": "dejar pasar"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "sense": "to let pass",
      "word": "förgå"
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    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
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      "roman": "minavam bez",
      "sense": "to do without",
      "word": "минавам без"
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    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "lang_code": "da",
      "sense": "to do without",
      "word": "undvære"
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "lang_code": "nl",
      "sense": "to do without",
      "word": "het zonder doen"
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    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "lang_code": "nl",
      "sense": "to do without",
      "word": "zich onthouden van"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "to do without",
      "word": "luopua"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "to do without",
      "word": "olla ilman"
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      "lang": "Finnish",
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      "sense": "to do without",
      "word": "pidättäytyä"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "to do without",
      "word": "se passer de"
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    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "sense": "to do without",
      "word": "renoncer à"
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      "code": "de",
      "english": "auf",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "to do without",
      "translation": "auf",
      "word": "verzichten"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "to do without",
      "word": "entsagen"
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    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "lang_code": "mi",
      "sense": "to do without",
      "word": "whakamahue"
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      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "lang_code": "mi",
      "sense": "to do without",
      "word": "whakakore"
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      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "lang_code": "mi",
      "sense": "to do without",
      "word": "whakarere"
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      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "lang_code": "mi",
      "sense": "to do without",
      "word": "waiho"
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    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "lang_code": "oc",
      "sense": "to do without",
      "word": "abandonar"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "lang_code": "oc",
      "sense": "to do without",
      "word": "deissar"
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    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "lang_code": "oc",
      "sense": "to do without",
      "word": "renonciar"
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    {
      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "to do without",
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      "word": "obywać się bez"
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    {
      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "to do without",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "obyć się bez"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
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      "roman": "otkázyvatʹsja",
      "sense": "to do without",
      "word": "отка́зываться"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "vozdérživatʹsja",
      "sense": "to do without",
      "word": "возде́рживаться"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "to do without",
      "word": "dejar de lado"
    },
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "note": "prescindir / privarse / abstenerse de",
      "sense": "to do without"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "to do without",
      "word": "renunciar a"
    },
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "sense": "to do without",
      "word": "avstå från"
    }
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}

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