forego
forego Lexical Profile
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• verb
To go without or abstain from something desirable; to decide not to do or have something (a common variant spelling of 'forgo').
"Many graduating students choose to forego a traditional summer vacation in order to start their internships early."
To go before or precede in time or place (now used primarily in the participial forms 'foregoing' and 'foregone').
"The committee reached a conclusion that neatly summarized all the arguments that had foregone it."
Word Nuance & Usage
Traditionally, 'forego' means to precede in time or place (most common in the participial forms 'foregoing' and 'foregone'), whereas 'forgo' means to abstain from or do without; however, 'forego' is now widely used as a variant spelling for 'forgo'.
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Word Origin & Etymology
From Old English foregān ('to go before, precede'), formed from the prefix fore- ('before') and gān ('to go'). Its modern use as a variant of 'forgo' ('to abstain from') arose from confusion between the prefixes fore- and for-.