foregone

American  

[fawr-gawn, -gon, fawr-gawn, -gon] / fɔrˈgɔn, -ˈgɒn, ˈfɔrˌgɔn, -ˌgɒn /

adjective

1. that has gone before; previous; past.

2. determined in advance; inevitable.

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foregone British  

/ ˈfɔːˌɡɒn, fɔːˈɡɒn /

adjective

1. gone or completed; past

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Other Word Forms

• foregoneness
  noun
• unforegone
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of foregone

First recorded in 1590–1600; fore- + gone

Example Sentences

He taps into his pension and vacation days to fund a three-week club tour with his group, Foregone Conclusion.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 9, 2017

Among them there always moves, subdued, almost morose, a Foregone Conclusion.

From Time Magazine Archive

Illustrations may be found in A Foregone Conclusion, one of the happiest of his novels, whose scene is laid in Venice, in The Lady of the Aroostook, and in many slight sketches.

From A Modern Instance by Howells, William Dean

Ay, start not, Shades; In the Foregone I knew what dreaming was, And could let raptures rule!

From The Dynasts by Hardy, Thomas

Foregone conclusions are not to bar out the deepest facts of human nature, nor the most stupendous events in the story of the race.

From The History of Dartmouth College by Smith, Baxter Perry