foregone

v. (fôr-gôn', -gŏn', fōr-)
Past participle of forego¹.

adj. (fôr'gôn', -gŏn', fōr'-)
Having gone before; previous.

USAGE NOTE   The word foregone has recently developed a new meaning as a truncation of the phrase a foregone conclusion, as in It is by no means foregone that the team will relocate to Baltimore next season. But the usage has not gained broad acceptance; over 80 percent of Usage Panelists disapprove of this use of foregone.

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The adjective has one meaning:

Meaning #1: well in the past; former
  Synonyms: bygone, bypast, departed, gone

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - som er gået forud, tidligere

idioms:

• foregone conclusion    afgjort sag

Nederlands (Dutch)
uitgemaakt, vorig

Français (French)
adj. - arrêté, couru

idioms:

• foregone conclusion    couru d'avance, à prévoir

Deutsch (German)
adj. - von vornherein feststehend

idioms:

• foregone conclusion    ausgemachte Sache, unvermeidlicher Schluß

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - προαποφασισμένος, προκαθορισμένος

idioms:

• foregone conclusion    αναπότρεπτη/βέβαιη/μοιραία έκβαση

Italiano (Italian)
sicuro, certo, precedente, passato, anteriore, previsto, scontato

idioms:

• foregone conclusion    conclusione inevitabile, conclusione scontata

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - anterior

idioms:

• foregone conclusion    resultado (m) previsto

Русский (Russian)
предрешенный

idioms:

• foregone conclusion    неизбежный результат

Español (Spanish)
adj. - inevitable, anterior, pasado

idioms:

• foregone conclusion    un resultado inevitable

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - förgången

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
先前的, 已知的, 过去的

idioms:

• foregone conclusion    预料中的结局

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 先前的, 已知的, 過去的

idioms:

• foregone conclusion    預料中的結局

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 이전의, 과거의

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 先の, 既定の
v. - 先に行く

idioms:

• foregone conclusion    予測できる結末, 避けられない結果

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) سابق‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮של העבר, קודם‬

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