forgo (redirected from forgone)

for·go also fore·go  (fôr-g, fr-)

tr.v. for·went also fore·went (-wnt), for·gone also fore·gone (-gôn, -gn), for·go·ing also fore·go·ing, for·goes also fore·goes

To abstain from; relinquish: unwilling to forgo dessert.

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[Middle English forgon, from Old English forgn, go away, forgo : for-, for- + gn, to go; see gh- in Indo-European roots.]

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for·goer n.

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forgo or forego

Verb

[-going, -went, -gone] to give up or do without [Old English forgān]

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	forgo - do without or cease to hold or adhere to; "We are dispensing with formalities"; "relinquish the old ideas" foreswear, waive, relinquish, dispense with, forego kick, give up - stop consuming; "kick a habit"; "give up alcohol"
	2.	forgo - be earlier in time; go back further; "Stone tools precede bronze tools" antecede, antedate, forego, precede, predate
	3.	forgo - lose (s.th.) or lose the right to (s.th.) by some error, offense, or crime; "you've forfeited your right to name your successor"; "forfeited property" forfeit, give up, throw overboard, waive, forego abandon - forsake, leave behind; "We abandoned the old car in the empty parking lot" lapse - let slip; "He lapsed his membership"

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forgo or forego

verb give up, sacrifice, surrender, do without, kick (informal) abandon, resign, yield, relinquish, renounce, waive, say goodbye to, cede, abjure, leave alone or out

Translations

forgo [pt forwent, pp forgone] [fɔːˈgəu, -ˈwɛnt, -ˈgɔn] vt (= give up) → renunciar a (= go without); privarse de

forgo [pt forwent, pp forgone] [fɔːˈgəu, -ˈwɛnt, -ˈgɔn] vt → rinunciare a