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Definition of Foregone
1. Adjective. Well in the past; former. "Relics of a departed era"
Definition of Foregone
1. Verb. (past participle of forego) ¹
2. Adjective. previous, former ¹
3. Adjective. bygone ¹
4. Adjective. (informal) inevitable, predictable ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Foregone
1. forego [v] - See also: forego
Lexicographical Neighbors of Foregone
Literary usage of Foregone
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of Twenty-five Years by Sir Spencer Walpole (1903)
"The language was simply used to conceal the truth that Russia had denounced the
treaty, and that the Conference had met to register the foregone conclusion ..."
2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"In both of these respects there is a striking contrast observable between man
and the animal. foregone conclusion that human intelligence originated from ..."
3. The History of the Popes, from the Close of the Middle Ages: Drawn from the by Ludwig Pastor, Ralph Francis Kerr, Frederick Ignatius Antrobus (1908)
"The deposition of the Duke was a foregone conclusion; and it was furthermore
decided that his Duchy should be given to Lorenzo de' Medici. ..."
4. The Church History of Britain: From the Birth of Jesus Christ Until the Year by Thomas Fuller, John Sherren Brewer (1845)
"... because they were utterly foregone, his children only gone before; on which
account those six removed from you into a better world still remain yours. ..."
5. Jackanapes: Daddy Darwin's Dovecot. The Story of a Short Life by Juliana Horatia Gatty Ewing, Horatia K. F. Gatty (1887)
"To see them put up by him to fly home after such an adventure was a sight not
lightly to be foregone. The crowd had moved to a hillock in a neighboring ..."
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