Origin: Germanic
Old English prefix
Forego has 5 different meanings across 1 category:
Verb
Verb
1
be earlier in time; go back further
"Stone tools precede bronze tools"
2
do without or cease to hold or adhere to
"We are dispensing with formalities"
"relinquish the old ideas"
3
lose (s.th.) or lose the right to (s.th.) by some error, offense, or crime
"you've forfeited your right to name your successor"
"forfeited property"
4
To precede, to go before.
5
Alternative spelling of forgo; to abandon, to relinquish
Example Sentences
"Stone tools precede bronze tools"
verb
"We are dispensing with formalities"
verb
"relinquish the old ideas"
verb
"you've forfeited your right to name your successor"
verb
"forfeited property"
verb
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
Origin
The word comes from Middle English forgan, which was derived from the Old English phrase meaning "to go before." It is formed by combining the prefix fore- with the verb go.