to forego
24
6.3
- verb
- /fɔrˈɡoʊ/
:
renunciar a
- He chose to forego dessert to maintain his diet during the holidays.
- forego an opportunity
- willingly forego
- decide to forego
But for whatever reason, he decides that he's going to forego the comfort for the adventure.
- But for whatever reason, he decides that he's going to forego the comfort for the adventure.
- She neither foregoes complexity for clarity nor clarity for complexity.
- I'm willing to forego longevity treatments if we reduce existential risk.
- So he says, it cannot forego happiness and leave this element out of its absolute purpose.
- So he says we may suffer for it when the balance of things writes itself, but we don't lose hope and forego art and forget the words of the making.
- I don't know what it is and I will forego happiness a lot of the time for the sake of progress when it comes to my career.
- So what the government can do is the government can forego punishment, but that's not actually forgiving in the interpersonal way.
- I would rather forego nights of sleep, correct?
- It's it's kind of easy to patronize the past, to forego our responsibilities in the present.
Examples
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In order to save money, she decided to forego her weekly coffee shop visits.
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The 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards have been ordered to forego their posting to India.
Fiction book (2002) -
So is he willing to forego economic growth and good stock market returns during this?
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But the things we forego during tight budget times reflect our values.
Academic text (2012) -
I think we can forego the stage directions and just read the text.
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An organization may well decide that rather than lose federal funding, it will forego lobbying activities.
Academic text (1996) -
For example, Clay decided to forego his high school graduation awards ceremony rather than wear a tie.
Academic text (1992) -
Many, in the interests of productivity, voluntarily forego paid vacation days to which they are entitled.
Academic text (2008) -
But our civic virtues require us to forego advantages that may benefit those we never encounter.
Academic text (1993) -
Neither politicians nor bureaucrats are prepared to forego the power, patronage, and extractive advantages the regulated system provides them.
Academic text (1997)
Synonyms
107
6.6
Choose not to use a right or to charge a fee
69
7.2
To give up control, a right, or something you own
50
3.5
To choose not to take part in something
30
6.3
Decide not to have or do something you want
24
6.3
To stop using something because you do not need it
1
9.9
To publicly promise to give up a belief, habit, or claim
Decide not to go to an event or activity
Antonyms
How Much
394
3.4
401
3.8
∞
1.2
24
6.3
63
4.1
87
4.2
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
A helpful way to remember the other meaning of forego (to give up or go without) is to think of it as for- ('away') plus go ('to go'), so to forego something is to 'let it go' or give it up.