Dictionary Entry

foregone

Part of SpeechverbPronunciation/ˈfoɹɡɔn/Used In Literature ↓

To precede, to go before.

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Common Phrases

conclusion foregone. foregoneconclusions foregoneearnings foregoneinterest foregoneincome foregoneforegone incomeforegone earnings

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Poetry examples for “foregone”

Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.

The last eggs had not hatched as yet,
Nor any bird foregone its mate.

been; but the hungry men, women, and children
who had foregone their Christmas dinners at
home ate as cheerfully as possible, and when

Six days Salámán on the Camel rode,
And then Remembrance of foregone Reproach
Abode not by him; and upon the Seventh

As,--why must one, for the love foregone
Scout mere liking?

And moan the expense of many a vanish'd sight:
Then can I grieve at grievances foregone,
And heavily from woe to woe tell o'er

And moan the expense of many a vanish'd sight:
Then can I grieve at grievances foregone,
And heavily from woe to woe tell o'er