foregone (redirected from Foregone Conclusions)

fore·gone

v. (fôr-gôn, -gn, fr-)

Past participle of forego¹.

adj. (fôrgôn, -gn, fr-)

Having gone before; previous.

Usage Note: The word foregone has recently developed a new meaning as a truncation of the phrase a foregone conclusion, as in It is by no means foregone that the team will relocate to Baltimore next season. But the usage has not gained broad acceptance; over 80 percent of Usage Panelists disapprove of this use of foregone.

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foregone [fɔːˈgɒn ˈfɔːˌgɒn]

adj

gone or completed; past

foregoneness  n

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

foregone - well in the past; former; "bygone days"; "dreams of foregone times"; "sweet memories of gone summers"; "relics of a departed era" bygone, bypast, departed, gone past - earlier than the present time; no longer current; "time past"; "his youth is past"; "this past Thursday"; "the past year"

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foregone

adjective

a foregone conclusion certainty, open-and-shut case, sure thing, dead cert (informal), cert (informal), shoo-in (U.S. & Canad.) The result is a foregone conclusion.

Translations

foregone [ˈfɔːgɒn]

A. PP of forego

B. ADJ it was a foregone conclusion → era un resultado inevitable

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foregone [fɔː^rˈgɒn] adj
it's a foregone conclusion → c'est à prévoir, c'est couru d'avance
The result is a foregone conclusion → Le résultat ne fait aucun doute.

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foregone ptp of forego

adj it was a foregone conclusion → es stand von vornherein fest

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foregone [ˈfɔːˌgɒn]

1. pp of forego

2. adj it was a foregone conclusion → era un risultato scontato

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foregone [ˈfoːgon]

a result that is so obvious that it can be seen before it happens It is a foregone conclusion who will win. 'n uitgemaakte saak مَحْتوم، مَفْروغٌ مِنْهُ очакван hotová věc forudsigelig vorhersehbar γνωστό εκ προοιμίου inevitable, conocido de antemano, previsto ette teada پیش بینی شده؛ قطعی selviö prévu d'avance צָפוּי מֵראֹש पूर्व निश्चित neizbježan zaključak, očit előre eldöntött ügy yang tak dapat dicegah lagi vitað mál, e-ð sem hefði mátt segja sér fyrirfram previsto わかりきっている結論 이미 정해진 iš anksto aiškus rezultatas iepriekšzināms [] tak dapat disangkal lagi vanzelfsprekend på forhånd gitt przesądzony z góry wynik inevitável previzibil предрешённый исход hotová vec vnaprej jasen neminovan en given sak กระทำเรียบร้อยแล้ว beklenen/kaçınılmaz sonuç 意料中的 наперед вирішений результат ظاہر نتیجہ dự tính trước; biết trước 意料中的