forwent
/fɔɹˈwɛnt/
forwent is the simple past 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)
- To do without (something enjoyable); to relinquish.
- I've had to forgo my student discount in exchange for taking the job.
- To refrain from, to abstain from.
- I shall forgo actually stepping inside, thank you.
Origin of forwent
From for- + went.
Words that rhyme with forwent
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- repent
- ascent
- rent
- resent
- scent
- absent
- augment
- cement
- content
- extent
- fragment
- lent
- prevent
- anent
- consent
- dent
- dissent
- percent
- relent
- spent
- Tashkent
- tent
- accent
- circumvent
- convent
- discontent
- intent
- invent
- went
- %
- assent
- dement
- ferment
- foment
- gent
- Gwent
- incent
- lament
- malcontent
- reinvent
- stent
- underrepresent
- attent
- big tent
- blent
- detent
- diapertent
- djent
Questions about forwent
- What is forwent the simple past of?
- Forwent is the simple past of forgo.
- How do you pronounce forwent?
- Forwent is pronounced /fɔɹˈwɛnt/.
Words near forwent in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: forwent (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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