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FOREGONE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does foregone mean?
• FOREGONE (adjective)
The adjective FOREGONE has 1 sense:
1. well in the past; former
Familiarity information: FOREGONE used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Well in the past; former
Synonyms:
bygone; bypast; departed; foregone; gone
Context example:
relics of a departed era
Similar:
past (earlier than the present time; no longer current)
Context examples
Preconceived opinions, foregone determinations, are all I have at this hour to stand by: there I plant my foot."
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
Wolf Larsen looked curiously at him, as though about to probe and vivisect him, then changed his mind, as from the foregone conclusion that there was nothing there to probe.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
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