FORGO (forgone, forwent)
Dictionary entry overview: What does forgo mean?
• FORGO (verb)
The verb FORGO has 4 senses:
1. do without or cease to hold or adhere to
2. be earlier in time; go back further
3. lose or lose the right to by some error, offense, or crime
4. refrain from consuming
Familiarity information: FORGO used as a verb is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• FORGO (verb)
Meaning:
Do without or cease to hold or adhere to
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
waive; forgo; foreswear; dispense with; relinquish
Context examples:
We are dispensing with formalities / relinquish the old ideas
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Be earlier in time; go back further
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Synonyms:
antecede; antedate; forego; precede; predate; forgo
Context example:
Stone tools precede bronze tools
Sentence frame:
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Lose or lose the right to by some error, offense, or crime
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Synonyms:
forfeit; give up; throw overboard; waive; forgo
Hypernyms (to "forgo" is one way to...):
abandon (forsake, leave behind)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "forgo"):
lapse (let slip)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Refrain from consuming
Classified under:
Verbs of eating and drinking
Synonyms:
forgo; give up
Context example:
You will have to forgo alcohol
"Forgo" entails doing...:
abstain; desist; refrain (choose not to consume)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "forgo"):
kick (stop consuming)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
