Foregone
adjective
Something that is already decided or certain.
The outcome of the election was pretty much a foregone conclusion.
Often appears as...
- foregone conclusion
- foregone decision
verb
Past participle of 'forego', which means to go before.
All my foregone life in exchange for this one moment.
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Formal
Literary
adjective
Something that is already decided or certain.
The outcome of the election was pretty much a foregone conclusion.
Often appears as...
- foregone conclusion
- foregone decision
verb
Past participle of 'forego', which means to go before.
All my foregone life in exchange for this one moment.
Usage tips
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Literary
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Predictable Outcome
Use 'foregone' to describe an outcome that is highly predictable or a matter of formality.
Given the company's financial state, layoffs were a foregone conclusion.
Pro Tip 2/3No Surprise
'Foregone' suggests that something is not a surprise to anyone involved or observing.
Their victory was a foregone conclusion, with their strong lead in the polls.
Pro Tip 3/3Implies Inevitability
'Foregone' can imply that due to certain circumstances, the outcome could not have been different.
The game's cancellation was a foregone decision after the heavy snowstorm.
Pro Tip 1/3Predictable Outcome
Use 'foregone' to describe an outcome that is highly predictable or a matter of formality.
Given the company's financial state, layoffs were a foregone conclusion.
Pro Tip 2/3No Surprise
'Foregone' suggests that something is not a surprise to anyone involved or observing.
Their victory was a foregone conclusion, with their strong lead in the polls.
Pro Tip 3/3Implies Inevitability
'Foregone' can imply that due to certain circumstances, the outcome could not have been different.
The game's cancellation was a foregone decision after the heavy snowstorm.
Pro Tip 1/3Predictable Outcome
Use 'foregone' to describe an outcome that is highly predictable or a matter of formality.
Given the company's financial state, layoffs were a foregone conclusion.
Pro Tip 2/3No Surprise
'Foregone' suggests that something is not a surprise to anyone involved or observing.
Their victory was a foregone conclusion, with their strong lead in the polls.
Pro Tip 3/3Implies Inevitability
'Foregone' can imply that due to certain circumstances, the outcome could not have been different.
The game's cancellation was a foregone decision after the heavy snowstorm.
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Battling bad science -...
generation of antipsychotic drugs were brought in and the promise was that they would have fewer side-effects so people set about doing trials of these new drugs against the old drugs but they gave the old drugs in ridiculously high doses twenty milligrams a day of haloperidol and it's a foregone conclusion if you give a drug at that higher dose that it will have more side
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Sandra Postel: Troubled...
foregone one we're still creating that narrative and we're making that narrative every day by the choices we make about how we use and manage and value and even think about fresh water so what I'd like to do this morning is talk a little bit about a new approach to fresh water protection that is being
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Bruce Aylward: How we'll...
in foregone treatment costs and vaccination costs. And if we can finish polio eradication, the poorest countries in the world are going to save over 50 billion dollars
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Battling bad science -...
generation of antipsychotic drugs were brought in and the promise was that they would have fewer side-effects so people set about doing trials of these new drugs against the old drugs but they gave the old drugs in ridiculously high doses twenty milligrams a day of haloperidol and it's a foregone conclusion if you give a drug at that higher dose that it will have more side
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Sandra Postel: Troubled...
foregone one we're still creating that narrative and we're making that narrative every day by the choices we make about how we use and manage and value and even think about fresh water so what I'd like to do this morning is talk a little bit about a new approach to fresh water protection that is being
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Bruce Aylward: How we'll...
in foregone treatment costs and vaccination costs. And if we can finish polio eradication, the poorest countries in the world are going to save over 50 billion dollars
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Cal Ripken, Jr.
American Athlete
I never set out to do this; I never set out to say, 'Can I break this record?' Then all of a sudden, the preparations made for the celebration put pressure on me. I said, 'Okay, I have to get there.' After 2,130, there was sort of a realization it was a foregone conclusion you're going to play tomorrow.
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Tilman J. Fertitta
American Businessman
I absolutely do not think it's a foregone conclusion that we're going to lose our coach. Tom Herman loves the University of Houston. He's happy to be coaching at the University of Houston, and I think there are only a few places Tom Herman would even consider.
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Elizabeth Gilbert
American Novelist
Part of the elasticity that you need, in order to continue to try to create, is the foregone conclusion that not all of it is going to be fabulously successful. But it's all going to be part of a long lifetime body of experimentation.
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Kevin Reilly
I, for one - I'm not a believer that, now that the Facebooks and Googles and everyone is entering the content fray, that it's a foregone conclusion that they're just going to get it right and be amazing at it. It's really hard.
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Cory Booker
American Politician
We're heading towards a perception tipping point where it's going to soon become a foregone conclusion that not only has Newark turned a corner, but it's way down the right road.
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Peter Orszag
American Economist
It is a foregone opportunity that we could have a trillion dollars more of income for the United States if we were producing at capacity rather than falling so far short of it.
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Chris Long
American Athlete
Football, for me, wasn't a foregone conclusion. My parents didn't force me into it, and quite the opposite happened.
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Cal Ripken, Jr.
American Athlete
I never set out to do this; I never set out to say, 'Can I break this record?' Then all of a sudden, the preparations made for the celebration put pressure on me. I said, 'Okay, I have to get there.' After 2,130, there was sort of a realization it was a foregone conclusion you're going to play tomorrow.
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Tilman J. Fertitta
American Businessman
I absolutely do not think it's a foregone conclusion that we're going to lose our coach. Tom Herman loves the University of Houston. He's happy to be coaching at the University of Houston, and I think there are only a few places Tom Herman would even consider.
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Elizabeth Gilbert
American Novelist
Part of the elasticity that you need, in order to continue to try to create, is the foregone conclusion that not all of it is going to be fabulously successful. But it's all going to be part of a long lifetime body of experimentation.
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Kevin Reilly
I, for one - I'm not a believer that, now that the Facebooks and Googles and everyone is entering the content fray, that it's a foregone conclusion that they're just going to get it right and be amazing at it. It's really hard.
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Cory Booker
American Politician
We're heading towards a perception tipping point where it's going to soon become a foregone conclusion that not only has Newark turned a corner, but it's way down the right road.
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Peter Orszag
American Economist
It is a foregone opportunity that we could have a trillion dollars more of income for the United States if we were producing at capacity rather than falling so far short of it.
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Chris Long
American Athlete
Football, for me, wasn't a foregone conclusion. My parents didn't force me into it, and quite the opposite happened.
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