Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To abstain from; relinquish.
from The Century Dictionary.
- A Middle English form of
forego . - To go or pass by without claiming; forbear to possess, use, or do; voluntarily avoid or give up; renounce; resign.
- To quit; leave.
- Synonyms To yield, relinquish, let go.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To pass by; to leave. See 1st
forego . - transitive verb to abstain from; to do without; to refrain from; to renounce; -- said of a thing already enjoyed, or of one within reach, or anticipated. See 1st
forego , 2.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To
let pass , toleave alone - verb To
do without , toabandon - verb To
refrain from, toabstain from, topass up , towithgo .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb do without or cease to hold or adhere to
- verb lose (s.th.) or lose the right to (s.th.) by some error, offense, or crime
- verb be earlier in time; go back further
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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In me all human knowledge dwells, the oracle of oracles, past, present, future I reveal or in oblivion's silence seal; What I can preserve can perish never, what I forgo is lost forever.
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If he'd handed in essays he might have learned to spell. "forgo".
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If he'd handed in essays he might have learned to spell. "forgo".
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It should be "forgo" (i.e. go without) not "forego" (i.e. go before).
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And yet the press reports that Vikram Pandit and Win Bischoff will "forgo" their bonuses this year, while Pandit himself tells Citi employees that Bob Rubin "has elected to take no bonus" for 2008.
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If they had to choose between being a big, rich world power as against retaining the cultural essence of Japan, they would rather be Switzerland and forgo the role of player in world affairs.
The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010
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If they had to choose between being a big, rich world power as against retaining the cultural essence of Japan, they would rather be Switzerland and forgo the role of player in world affairs.
The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010
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If they had to choose between being a big, rich world power as against retaining the cultural essence of Japan, they would rather be Switzerland and forgo the role of player in world affairs.
The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010
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The survey of 2,000 people found that 28% of middle Britons – by age and by wealth – throughout the UK will forgo a holiday altogether, while this figure rose to 38% of those questioned in the south-east.
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The union said Virgin Atlantic pilots have not had a pay rise since 2008 after agreeing to forgo an increase to help the company, with the expectation of a "fair" hike this year.
ruzuzu commented on the word forgo
Cf. forego.
October 24, 2011