foregoing
English edit
Alternative forms edit
- (misspelling) forgoing
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
(Should we delete(+) this sense?)
Adjective edit
foregoing (not comparable)
- 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 " […] ."
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Translations edit
occurring before or in front of something else
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Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
foregoing
- present participle and gerund of forego
References edit
- “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.