verb
Meaning 1
To precede, to go before.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
forego
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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US: /fɔɹˈɡoʊ/
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UK: /fɔːˈɡəʊ/
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Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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rhymes with -əʊ
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homophone: forgo
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CMU ARPABET: F AO0 R G OW1 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
verb
Meaning 2
Alternative spelling of forgo; to abandon, to relinquish.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative, often, proscribed
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
lose (s.th.) or lose the right to (s.th.) by some error, offense, or crime
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- you've forfeited your right to name your successor
- forfeited property
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: forfeit, give up, throw overboard, waive, forgo
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: abandon
Narrower terms: lapse
verb
Meaning 4
do without or cease to hold or adhere to
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- We are dispensing with formalities
- relinquish the old ideas
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: waive, relinquish, forgo, foreswear, dispense with
Antonyms: none provided
Narrower terms: kick, give up
verb
Meaning 5
be earlier in time; go back further
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- Stone tools precede bronze tools
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: predate, precede, forgo, antecede, antedate
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From Middle English forgan, from Old English foregān, equivalent to fore- + go.
See forgo.