Foregone
[fɔː'gɒn] or ['fɔrɡɔn]
Definition
(p. p.) of Forego
Typist: Steven
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Predetermined, decided beforehand.
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Examples
- Preconceived opinions, foregone determinations, are all I have at this hour to stand by: there I plant my foot. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Mr. Thornton at first was puzzled to account for her silence; and then he remembered the lie she had told, and all that was foregone. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- The very fact that Numa had foregone such easy prey at all convinced the wise forest craft of Tarzan that Numa's belly already was full. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- Its special feature was a foregone family confidence and sympathy. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
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