foregone

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.

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of gone summers"; "relics of a departed era" bygone, bypast, departed, gone past - earlier than the present time; no longer current; "time past"; "his youth is past"; "this past Thursday"; "the past year"

Translations

foregone [ˈfɔːgɔn] pp of forego

adj it's a foregone conclusion → es una conclusión inevitable

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

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foregone [ˈfɔːgɔn] forego pp of forego

adj it's a foregone conclusion → es steht von vornherein fest

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foregone [ˈfɔːgɔn] pp of forego

adj it's a foregone conclusion → è una conclusione scontata

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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, 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 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