foregoing

English

Alternative forms

• (misspelling) forgoing

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌfɔː(ɹ)ˈɡəʊ.ɪŋ/

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• Rhymes: -əʊɪŋ

Etymology 1

(Should we delete⁽⁺⁾ this sense?)

Adjective

foregoing (not comparable)

1. Occurring before or in front of something else, in time, place, rank or sequence.
   • 1748, David Hume, Enquiry concerning Human Understanding., Section 3. § 14:

     we may conclude, from the foregoing reasonings, that, as certain unity is requisite in all productions, it cannot be wanting in history more than in any other;

   • 1951 March, Cecil J. Allen, “British Locomotive Practice and Performance”, in Railway Magazine, page 187:

     Striking confirmation of the foregoing points comes in a letter from a Swindon reader, who writes " […] ."

Synonyms

• aforegoing
• preceding

Antonyms

• following
• subsequent

Translations

occurring before or in front of something else

Bulgarian: предшестващ (bg) (predšestvašt), гореспоменат (gorespomenat) Chinese: Mandarin: please add this translation if you can Dutch: voorafgaand (nl) Finnish: edeltävä (fi) French: ci-dessus (fr), précédent (fr) Gothic: 𐍆𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌽𐍃 (fairns) Italian: precedente (it) Norwegian: foregående, forrige Occitan: precedent (oc) Polish: powyższy (pl) m, uprzedni (pl) m Portuguese: precedente (pt) Spanish: precedente (es) Swedish: föregående (sv)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

foregoing

1. present participle and gerund of forego

References

• “foregoing”, in Collins English Dictionary.
• “foregoing”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
• “foregoing”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “foregoing”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.