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FORGO

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected forms: forgone    , forwent   

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Lose (s.th.) or lose the right to (s.th.) by some error, offense, or crime

Example:

forfeited property

Synonyms:

forego; forfeit; forgo; give up; throw overboard; waive

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "forgo" is one way to...):

abandon (forsake, leave behind)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "forgo"):

lapse (let slip)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 2

Meaning:

Do without or cease to hold or adhere to

Example:

relinquish the old ideas

Synonyms:

dispense with; forego; foreswear; forgo; relinquish; waive

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "forgo"):

give up; kick (stop consuming)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 3

Meaning:

Be earlier in time; go back further

Example:

Stone tools precede bronze tools

Synonyms:

antecede; antedate; forego; forgo; precede; predate

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Sentence frame:

Something ----s something

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