Foregone
adj, verb, slang ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
- 1 past participle of forego form-of, participle, past
""We need a different understanding of revenues and public expenditure. The 15-year freeze on fuel duty and lack of tax on aviation fuel are effectively a huge subsidy to those forms of travel, but they are not described as subsidy because they are foregone revenue. Yet if you invest to hold rail fares, it's seen as subsidy.""
- 1 previous, former
- 2 bygone
"For with the dream foregone, foregone, The deed forborne for ever, The worm, regret, will canker on, And time will turn him never."
- 3 inevitable; settled informal
"I know people are still going through the details but it's not a foregone conclusion that it will get confirmation by the Senate."
- 1 well in the past; former wordnet
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More examples"Who was to win this match was a foregone conclusion."
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