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foregone 1 of 2

adjective

Definition of foregonenext
as in past

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verb

past participle of forego
as in preceded
to go or come before in time if the sparse crowds are any indication of the public's interest in the presidential candidate, then his reputation obviously foregoes him

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for foregone
  1. past
  2. preceded
  3. bygone
  4. erstwhile
  5. other
  6. former
  7. sometime
  8. onetime
Adjective
  • Faria was down a break and scrambling to survive, having snatched the opening set by getting past Alcaraz’s defenses.
    — Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
  • In past seasons, Joe’s immaturity was directed towards women; this time, it’s channeled into his relationship with Nathan, who acts even more immaturely.
    — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of past
Verb
  • Kirk hit a slow dribbler to Rojas that preceded his throwing error.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 6 Sep. 2026
  • On the plane back to Rome, Olivier unsurprisingly gives up the ghost, preceded two seconds earlier by non-diegetic piano music superfluously clueing us in to what’s just about to happen.
    — Jay Weissberg, Variety, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of preceded
Adjective
  • Something about the skylights transports me to a bygone New York rendered by cinema.
    — Nora DeLigter, Curbed, 4 Sep. 2026
  • The first of two important points is many of those are backs who arguably would’ve tended to be drafted later in a bygone era.
    — Ben Gretch, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of bygone
Adjective
  • But some of Jentleson’s erstwhile allies on the left are less sanguine about his project.
    — Jason Zengerle, New Yorker, 10 Sep. 2026
  • Last year, The Studio won nine awards at the erstwhile Creative Arts Emmys, added four more on the main telecast, and thus set the record for most awards won in a single year by a comedy series.
    — Joe Reid, Vulture, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of erstwhile
Adjective
  • Blue laws in Arkansas included bans on card games, hunting, horse racing and other activities on Sundays.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 9 Sep. 2026
  • The back end should be able to move the puck better and avoid long stretches in their own end, and assuming relative health, other players like Braden Schneider will no longer have to play too high in the lineup.
    — Peter Baugh, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of other
Adjective
  • Michael Strain, director of economic policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute, a center-right think tank, said Trump would be repeating the same policy mistake as his predecessor, Democratic former President Joe Biden.
    — BILL BARROW, Arkansas Online, 11 Sep. 2026
  • In a warm-up game against South African club side The Sharks, legendary former New Zealand centre Ma’a Nonu, now 44 years old, was playing for the home side.
    — Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of former
Adjective
  • By the end of his life, Irving had established himself as a respected biographer and a sometime international diplomat.
    — Eric Lach, New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Jimmy Tatro will play Gorilla Grodd, the superintelligent ape and sometime Superman nemesis.
    — Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of sometime
Adjective
  • Kaepernick spoke exclusively to NBC News about the friction with his onetime ally.
    — Josh Feldman, NBC news, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Greenway's founders and advisers include tech executives, CEOs, a onetime Vermont secretary of education, a NASA engineer and current and former administrators from Harvard University, Dartmouth College, Tufts University and other schools.
    — Jon Marcus, NPR, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of onetime
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“Foregone.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/foregone. Accessed 18 Sep. 2026.

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