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forgoed

forgoed is the simple past and past participle 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.

Questions about forgoed

What is forgoed the simple past and past participle of?
Forgoed is the simple past and past participle of forgo.

Words near forgoed in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: forgoed (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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