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Definition of foregone in English: foregoneverbfɔːˈɡɒnfɔrˈɡɔn past participle of forego
adjective fɔːˈɡɒnfɔrˈɡɔn archaic often postpositive Past. 〈古〉过去的，已往的 poets dream of lives foregone in worlds fantastical 诗人在梦幻世界中追忆往昔人物。 Example sentencesExamples - ‘These are accounts of people's lives,’ she said, vital for shedding light on foregone times.
- Therefore, bemoaning the past or longing for a return of foregone days in some way denies the person one already is.
- We stood apart in ideas but together in mourning of a foregone moment, of black communities with a long gone connectedness although just as much disagreement.
- The force of character is cumulative. All the foregone days of virtue work their health into this.
- Must we just tag along to the daily chores of a stringent society, which has turned itself so vulnerable to the traditional boundaries of a foregone age?
Synonyms past, former, earlier, previous, prior, bygone, old, of old, ancient, long-ago forgotten literary of yore rare forepassed
PhrasesA result that can be predicted with certainty. 预料之中的必然结局 the result of her trial was a foregone conclusion Example sentencesExamples - It is an election devoid of drama and excitement as the result seems a foregone conclusion.
- To stay up any later would have been pointless, the results almost a foregone conclusion.
- The result gave the lie to cynics who suggested the result was a foregone conclusion.
- Sport is never that engaging when the result is a foregone conclusion.
- The results in many states are already foregone conclusions.
- Although the votes are still being counted the results are a foregone conclusion.
- There was still 23 minutes left but the result was a foregone conclusion.
- They knew pretty early on the result was a foregone conclusion, Labour were too far ahead to be caught.
- Certain moral decisions and attitudes are foregone conclusions.
- Indeed, it appears that the dispatch was a foregone conclusion rather than the result of a detailed survey.
Synonyms certainty, predictable result, predictable outcome, inevitability, matter of course, racing certainty
Rhymesaide-de-camp, aides-de-camp, anon, Asunción, au courant, begone, Bonn, bon vivant, Caen, Canton, Carcassonne, Ceylon, chaconne, chateaubriand, ci-devant, Colón, colon, Concepción, con (US conn), cretonne, don, Duchamp, Evonne, fromage blanc, Gabon, Garonne, gone, guenon, hereupon, Inchon, Jean, john, Jon, Le Mans, León, Luzon, Mont Blanc, Narbonne, odds-on, on, outgone, outshone, Perón, phon, piñon, Pinot Blanc, plafond, Ramón, Saigon, Saint-Saëns, Sand, Schwann, scone, shone, side-on, sine qua non, Sorbonne, spot-on, swan, thereon, thereupon, ton, Toulon, undergone, upon, Villon, wan, whereon, whereupon, won, wonton, yon, Yvonne Definition of foregone in US English: foregoneverbfɔrˈɡɔnfôrˈɡôn past participle of forego
adjectivefɔrˈɡɔnfôrˈɡôn archaic often postpositive Past. 〈古〉过去的，已往的 poets dream of lives foregone in worlds fantastical 诗人在梦幻世界中追忆往昔人物。 Example sentencesExamples - Therefore, bemoaning the past or longing for a return of foregone days in some way denies the person one already is.
- We stood apart in ideas but together in mourning of a foregone moment, of black communities with a long gone connectedness although just as much disagreement.
- The force of character is cumulative. All the foregone days of virtue work their health into this.
- Must we just tag along to the daily chores of a stringent society, which has turned itself so vulnerable to the traditional boundaries of a foregone age?
- ‘These are accounts of people's lives,’ she said, vital for shedding light on foregone times.
Synonyms past, former, earlier, previous, prior, bygone, old, of old, ancient, long-ago
PhrasesA result that can be predicted with certainty. 预料之中的必然结局 Example sentencesExamples - There was still 23 minutes left but the result was a foregone conclusion.
- The results in many states are already foregone conclusions.
- They knew pretty early on the result was a foregone conclusion, Labour were too far ahead to be caught.
- Certain moral decisions and attitudes are foregone conclusions.
- Sport is never that engaging when the result is a foregone conclusion.
- The result gave the lie to cynics who suggested the result was a foregone conclusion.
- Although the votes are still being counted the results are a foregone conclusion.
- To stay up any later would have been pointless, the results almost a foregone conclusion.
- Indeed, it appears that the dispatch was a foregone conclusion rather than the result of a detailed survey.
- It is an election devoid of drama and excitement as the result seems a foregone conclusion.
Synonyms certainty, predictable result, predictable outcome, inevitability, matter of course, racing certainty
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