adj · verb · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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UK:/ˌfɔː(ɹ)ˈɡəʊ.ɪŋ/
General-American:/fɔɹˈɡoʊɪŋ/
General-American:/fɚˈɡoʊɪŋ/
General-American:/ˈfɔɹˌɡoʊɪŋ/
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rhymes with -əʊɪŋ
CMU ARPABET:F AO0 R G OW1 IH0 NG
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adj
Meaning 1
Occurring before or in front of something else, in time, place, rank or sequence.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
verb
Meaning 2
present participle and gerund of forego
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Across languages
Translations
18 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Bulgarian:
предшестващ
(predšestvašt)
— occurring before or in front of something else
Bulgarian:
гореспоменат
(gorespomenat)
— occurring before or in front of something else
Chinese Cantonese:
之前
(zi1 cin4)
— occurring before or in front of something else
Chinese Mandarin:
之前
(zhīqián)
— occurring before or in front of something else
Dutch:
voorafgaand
— occurring before or in front of something else
Finnish:
edeltävä
— occurring before or in front of something else
French:
ci-dessus
— occurring before or in front of something else
French:
précédent
— occurring before or in front of something else
Gothic:
𐍆𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌽𐍃
(fairns)
— occurring before or in front of something else
Italian:
precedente
— occurring before or in front of something else
Norwegian:
foregående
— occurring before or in front of something else
Norwegian:
forrige
— occurring before or in front of something else
Occitan:
precedent
— occurring before or in front of something else
Polish:
powyższy
— occurring before or in front of something else
Polish:
uprzedni
— occurring before or in front of something else
Portuguese:
precedente
— occurring before or in front of something else
Spanish:
precedente
— occurring before or in front of something else
Swedish:
föregående
— occurring before or in front of something else
