foregone 1 of 2

adjective

Definition of foregonenext
as in past

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foregone

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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
  • The guy whose Porto teams regularly knocked out a series of Italian sides in Europe these past few years?
    James Horncastle, The Athletic, 30 Dec. 2024
  • This includes the remains of US service members who died in such past conflicts as World War II, Korea, Vietnam, and the Cold War.
    Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 30 Dec. 2024
Definition of past
Verb
  • The Broncos kicked a field goal on their opening possession to extend the lead to 11 points once again, but the special teams blunder — and the poor clock management that preceded it — kept haunting the Broncos.
    Nick Kosmider, The Athletic, 20 Dec. 2024
  • Historically, the relationship between Black Americans and the American South—in both the art world and the world writ large—is reduced to that of oppression and enslavement, with little attention paid to the creative and scientific innovations that both preceded and followed emancipation.
    Evan Nicole Brown, ARTnews.com, 20 Dec. 2024
Definition of preceded
Adjective
  • Downtown Los Angeles retains much of the style of a bygone era.
    Michael Goldstein, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
  • And the officials showed photos of an old community that existed at various stops on the slope, evidence of a bygone era of smaller-scale, underground mining.
    Brandon Loomis, The Arizona Republic, 19 Dec. 2024
Definition of bygone
Adjective
  • And that means democracy will always be in with a fighting chance — because sometimes manipulating an election can backfire, as Sheikh Hasina, the erstwhile prime minister of Bangladesh, learned this year.
    Ben Ansell, NPR, 20 Dec. 2024
  • On Wednesday, Albertsons terminated the deal and sued Kroger, alleging its erstwhile partner didn’t do enough to secure regulators’ blessing.
    Steve Kopack, NBC News, 12 Dec. 2024
Definition of erstwhile
Adjective
  • Despite their frequency, plane collisions with birds and other wildlife are becoming a growing concern for aviation safety, according to a report published this year by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture Wildlife Services.
    Jaclyn Diaz, NPR, 31 Dec. 2024
  • The conditions at Guantánamo have prompted consistent outcry from rights groups that accuse the U.S. of committing torture and other human rights abuses inside its razor-wire perimeter.
    CBS News, CBS News, 31 Dec. 2024
Definition of other
Adjective
  • In an interview with conservative media personality and former Fox News host Megyn Kelly in early December, Hegseth admitting to being in a hotel room with the woman but denied raping her.
    Allison Pecorin, ABC News, 3 Jan. 2025
  • Bech graduated from Princeton in 2021 before starting work as a trader at a New York brokerage firm, and is the older brother of former LSU and TCU wide receiver Jack Bech, who called him an inspiration in a post on X. Who Is Nikyra Cheyenne Dedeaux?
    Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025
Definition of former
Adjective
  • As if life weren’t challenging enough already, Evie is going to be navigating this amongst the eccentricity of her family home, living with her fiercely loving single mum Suz (Suranne Jones), sister Izzie (Liv Hill), and handsome boyfriend (sometime man of the house) Josh (Adam Long).
    Lily Ford, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Dec. 2024
  • Since the invasion of Iraq, the US has struggled to find a policy for Syria that could accommodate the vastly different needs of its allies Israel, Jordan, Turkey, and its sometime partners Iraq and Lebanon.
    Nick Paton Walsh, CNN, 7 Dec. 2024
Definition of sometime
Adjective
  • The rental listing, which includes a onetime $118,000 security deposit, is held by Branden Williams and Rayni Williams of The Beverly Hills Estates and Stuart Vetterick of Westside Estate Agency.
    Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 31 Dec. 2024
  • Yes, point fingers at the abundance of streaming content available, but also blame the dark reality that Covid has changed onetime moviegoers’ attitudes to simply stay at home.
    Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 31 Dec. 2024
Definition of onetime
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