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forgoe

forgoe is the alternative form of forgo.

Meaning of forgo

Verb

forgo (third-person singular simple present forgoes, present participle forgoing, simple past forwent or (nonstandard) forgoed, past participle forgone or (nonstandard) forwent or (nonstandard) forgoed)

  1. (transitive) To do without (something enjoyable); to relinquish.
    • I've had to forgo my student discount in exchange for taking the job.
  2. (literary, transitive) To refrain from, to abstain from.
    • I shall forgo actually stepping inside, thank you.

Forms of forgoe

third-person singular presentforgoes
present participleforgoeing
pastforwent
past participleforgone

Questions about forgoe

What is forgoe the alternative form of?
Forgoe is the alternative form of forgo.

Words near forgoe in the dictionary

  1. forgnawed
  2. forgnawing
  3. forgnaws
  4. forgo
  5. forgoable
  6. forgoe
  7. forgoed
  8. forgoer
  9. forgoers
  10. forgoes
  11. forgoest

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Adapted from Wiktionary: forgoe (page history and authors); forgo (page history and authors). 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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