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forgoing

/fɔɹˈɡoʊɪŋ/

forgoing is the present participle and gerund 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.

Words that rhyme with forgoing

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Questions about forgoing

What is forgoing the present participle and gerund of?
Forgoing is the present participle and gerund of forgo.
How do you pronounce forgoing?
Forgoing is pronounced /fɔɹˈɡoʊɪŋ/ (US).

Words near forgoing in the dictionary

  1. forgoer
  2. forgoers
  3. forgoes
  4. forgoest
  5. forgoeth
  6. forgoing
  7. forgone
  8. forgor
  9. forgot
  10. forgot about
  11. forgot one's manners

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Adapted from Wiktionary: forgoing (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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