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foregone
- /ˈfɔɹɡɔn/
Rhymes with -ɒn
verb
- past participle of forego "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 far
adjective more foregone · most foregone
- previous, former
- bygone For with the dream foregone, foregone, The deed forborne for ever, The worm, regret, will canker on, And time will turn him never.
- inevitable; settled I know people are still going through the details but it's not a foregone conclusion that it will get confirmation by the Senate.
Similar: preceding, used-to-be, historical, unescapable
