Foregoing can be categorized as a verb and an adjective.
Adjective |
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| foregoing - especially of writing or speech; going before | ||
Verb |
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| 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" | ||
| forego - be earlier in time; go back further; "Stone tools precede bronze tools" | ||
| forego - do without or cease to hold or adhere to; "We are dispensing with formalities"; "relinquish the old ideas" |
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| 1. | adj. | Critics may argue that all the foregoing characterizations are very abstract. | |
| 2. | adj. | The latter means foregoing certain foods, pleasures, or possessions. | |
| 3. | verb | Many athletes forego a social life, so they can achieve their performance goals. | |
| 4. | verb | Witness, ye ashes of our comrades dear, / ye flames of Troy, that in your hour of woe / nor darts I shunned, nor shock of Danaan spear. / If Fate my life had called me to forego, / this hand had earned it, forfeit to the foe. |
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| adj. | |
| Critics may argue that all the foregoing characterizations are very abstract. | |
| The latter means foregoing certain foods, pleasures, or possessions. | |
| verb | |
| Many athletes forego a social life, so they can achieve their performance goals. | |
| Witness, ye ashes of our comrades dear, / ye flames of Troy, that in your hour of woe / nor darts I shunned, nor shock of Danaan spear. / If Fate my life had called me to forego, / this hand had earned it, forfeit to the foe. | |