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foregone

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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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Adj.1.foregone - well in the past; former; "bygone days"; "dreams of foregone times"; "sweet memories of gone summers"; "relics of a departed era"
past - earlier than the present time; no longer current; "time past"; "his youth is past"; "this past Thursday"; "the past year"
Translations
foregone [ˈfɔːgɔn] pp of forego
adj it's a foregone conclusion → es una conclusión inevitable

foregone [ˈfɔːgɔn] adj it's a foregone conclusion → c'est à prévoir, c'est couru d'avance

foregone [ˈfɔːgɔn] forego pp of forego
adj it's a foregone conclusion → es steht von vornherein fest

foregone [ˈfɔːgɔn] pp of forego
adj it's a foregone conclusion → è una conclusione scontata

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, de antemano conocido, previsto ette teada پیش بینی شده؛ قطعی etukäteen selvä, kaikille selvä 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 필연적인 결과[], 이미 정해진 결론 iš anksto aiškus rezultatas iepriekšzināms [] tak dapat disangkal lagi vanzelfsprekend 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


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They called to mind, also, a long catalogue of foregone presentiments and predictions made at various times by the Delaware, and, in their superstitious credulity, began to consider him a veritable seer; without thinking how natural it was to predict danger, and how likely to have the prediction verified in the present instance, when various signs gave evidence of a lurking foe.
Wolf Larsen looked curiously at him, as though about to probe and vivisect him, then changed his mind, as from the foregone conclusion that there was nothing there to probe.
Sikes: which seemed to bear reference to some foregone conspiracy of the kind.
 
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