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forgoest

forgoest is the second-person singular simple present indicative 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.

Origin of forgoest

forgo + -est

Questions about forgoest

What is forgoest the second-person singular simple present indicative of?
Forgoest is the second-person singular simple present indicative of forgo.

Words near forgoest in the dictionary

  1. forgoe
  2. forgoed
  3. forgoer
  4. forgoers
  5. forgoes
  6. forgoest
  7. forgoeth
  8. forgoing
  9. forgone
  10. forgor
  11. forgot

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Adapted from Wiktionary: forgoest (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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