| 释义 |
forego
foregogo before; to precede: forego one’s partner in death
Not to be confused with:forgo – to abstain or refrain from; do without; give up; renounce; forbear; sacrifice: I’ll forgo my dinner so that the poor child can eat.fore·go 1 F0250000 (fôr-gō′)tr.v. fore·went (-wĕnt′), fore·gone (-gôn′, -gŏn′), fore·go·ing, fore·goes (-gōz′) To precede, as in time or place. See Usage Note at forgo.
[Middle English foregon, from Old English foregān : fore-, fore- + gān, go; see ghē- in Indo-European roots.]
fore·go′er n.
fore·go 2 F0250000 (fôr-gō′)v. Variant of forgo.forego (fɔːˈɡəʊ) vb, -goes, -going, -went or -goneto precede in time, place, etc[Old English foregān] foreˈgoer n
forego (fɔːˈɡəʊ) vb, -goes, -going, -went or -gone (tr) a variant spelling of forgo foreˈgoer nfore•go1 (fɔrˈgoʊ, foʊr-)
v.t., v.i. -went, -gone, -go•ing. to go before; precede. [before 900] fore•go′er, n. fore•go2 (fɔrˈgoʊ, foʊr-)
v.t. -went, -gone, -go•ing. forgo. forego
Past participle: foregone
Gerund: foregoing
| Present |
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| I forego | | you forego | | he/she/it foregoes | | we forego | | you forego | | they forego |
| Preterite |
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| I forewent | | you forewent | | he/she/it forewent | | we forewent | | you forewent | | they forewent |
| Present Continuous |
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| I am foregoing | | you are foregoing | | he/she/it is foregoing | | we are foregoing | | you are foregoing | | they are foregoing |
| Present Perfect |
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| I have foregone | | you have foregone | | he/she/it has foregone | | we have foregone | | you have foregone | | they have foregone |
| Past Continuous |
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| I was foregoing | | you were foregoing | | he/she/it was foregoing | | we were foregoing | | you were foregoing | | they were foregoing |
| Past Perfect |
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| I had foregone | | you had foregone | | he/she/it had foregone | | we had foregone | | you had foregone | | they had foregone |
| Future |
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| I will forego | | you will forego | | he/she/it will forego | | we will forego | | you will forego | | they will forego |
| Future Perfect |
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| I will have foregone | | you will have foregone | | he/she/it will have foregone | | we will have foregone | | you will have foregone | | they will have foregone |
| Future Continuous |
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| I will be foregoing | | you will be foregoing | | he/she/it will be foregoing | | we will be foregoing | | you will be foregoing | | they will be foregoing |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
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| I have been foregoing | | you have been foregoing | | he/she/it has been foregoing | | we have been foregoing | | you have been foregoing | | they have been foregoing |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
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| I will have been foregoing | | you will have been foregoing | | he/she/it will have been foregoing | | we will have been foregoing | | you will have been foregoing | | they will have been foregoing |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
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| I had been foregoing | | you had been foregoing | | he/she/it had been foregoing | | we had been foregoing | | you had been foregoing | | they had been foregoing |
| Conditional |
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| I would forego | | you would forego | | he/she/it would forego | | we would forego | | you would forego | | they would forego |
| Past Conditional |
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| I would have foregone | | you would have foregone | | he/she/it would have foregone | | we would have foregone | | you would have foregone | | they would have foregone |
Thesaurus| Verb | 1. |  forego - be earlier in time; go back further; "Stone tools precede bronze tools"antecede, antedate, precede, predate, forgo | | 2. | forego - do without or cease to hold or adhere to; "We are dispensing with formalities"; "relinquish the old ideas"foreswear, forgo, waive, dispense with, relinquishkick, give up - stop consuming; "kick a habit"; "give up alcohol" | | 3. | forego - 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, forgoabandon - forsake, leave behind; "We abandoned the old car in the empty parking lot"lapse - let slip; "He lapsed his membership" |
forgo also forego
verbTo let (something) go:abandon, cede, lay down, relinquish, surrender, yield.TranslationsIdiomsSeeforegoneforegoenUS
Synonyms for foregoverb be earlier in timeSynonyms- antecede
- antedate
- precede
- predate
- forgo
verb do without or cease to hold or adhere toSynonyms- foreswear
- forgo
- waive
- dispense with
- relinquish
Related Wordsverb lose (s.th.) or lose the right to (s.th.) by some error, offense, or crimeSynonyms- forfeit
- give up
- throw overboard
- waive
- forgo
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