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foregoing

UK/ˌfɔː(ɹ)ˈɡəʊ.ɪŋ//fɔɹˈɡoʊɪŋ/

foregoing adjective: occurring before or in front of something else, in time, place, rank or sequence. Also the present participle and gerund of forego.

Adjective

foregoing (not comparable)

  1. Occurring before or in front of something else, in time, place, rank or sequence.
    • 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;1748, David Hume, Enquiry concerning Human Understanding., Section 3. § 14
    • Striking confirmation of the foregoing points comes in a letter from a Swindon reader, who writes "[…]."1951 March, Cecil J. Allen, “British Locomotive Practice and Performance”, in Railway Magazine, page 187

Also used as

foregoing is also the present participle and gerund of forego.

foregoing meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Bengali and Odia

foregoing in Hindi

पूर्वगामी

foregoing in Marathi

पूर्वगामी

foregoing in Bengali

পূর্বোক্ত

foregoing in Odia

ପୂର୍ବୋକ୍ତ
More languagesFewer languages
foregoing in Nepali
पूर्वगामी

Examples of foregoing in a sentence

  • We declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct.
  • I've bought material comfort by foregoing my dreams.
  • The foregoing does not include the VDT, which utilized turbosupercharging for all its boost requirements.

All 15 example sentences with foregoing

Synonyms of foregoing

Antonyms

Origin of foregoing

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Words that rhyme with foregoing

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Questions about foregoing

What does foregoing mean?
Foregoing means occurring before or in front of something else, in time, place, rank or sequence.
What is foregoing in Hindi?
Foregoing in Hindi is पूर्वगामी. See Foregoing meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is foregoing?
Foregoing is an adjective.
How do you pronounce foregoing?
Foregoing is pronounced /ˌfɔː(ɹ)ˈɡəʊ.ɪŋ/ (UK).

Words near foregoing in the dictionary

  1. foreglows
  2. forego
  3. foregoer
  4. foregoers
  5. foregoes
  6. foregoing
  7. foregone
  8. foregone conclusion
  9. foregone conclusions
  10. foregoneness
  11. foregrant

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Adapted from Wiktionary: foregoing (page history and authors); foregoing (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); foregoing (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); foregoing (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); foregoing (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); foregoing (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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