"foregone" in the verb sense
1. predate, precede, forego, forgo, antecede, antedate
be earlier in time go back further
"Stone tools precede bronze tools"
2. waive, relinquish, forgo, forego, foreswear, dispense with
do without or cease to hold or adhere to
"We are dispensing with formalities"
"relinquish the old ideas"
3. forfeit, give up, throw overboard, waive, forgo, forego
lose (s.th.) or lose the right to (s.th.) by some error, offense, or crime
"you've forfeited your right to name your successor"
"forfeited property"
"foregone" in the adjective sense
1. bygone, bypast, departed, foregone, gone
well in the past former
"bygone days"
"dreams of foregone times"
"sweet memories of gone summers"
"relics of a departed era"
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