foregone Meaning, Definition & Usage

verb be earlier in time; go back further
antecede; forego; predate; forgo; antedate; precede.
- Stone tools precede bronze tools
verb do without or cease to hold or adhere to
relinquish; foreswear; forego; waive; forgo; dispense with.
- We are dispensing with formalities
- relinquish the old ideas
verb lose (s.th.) or lose the right to (s.th.) by some error, offense, or crime
throw overboard; forego; forfeit; waive; forgo; give up.
- you've forfeited your right to name your successor
- forfeited property
adjective satellite well in the past; former
bypast; bygone; departed; gone.
- bygone days
- dreams of foregone times
- sweet memories of gone summers
- relics of a departed era