/fɔːˈɡəʊ/, /fɔɹˈɡoʊ/
OriginFrom Middle English forgon (“to go by, pass up”), from Old English forgān (“to go away, forgo”); equivalent to for- + go.
- transitiveTo do without (something enjoyable); to relinquish.
“I've had to forgo my student discount in exchange for taking the job.”
“Mr. Hoyle, who does not believe many multiple-unit diesel services on secondary routes will resist for ever the road transport challenge, would forgo passenger traffic altogether on a little-used rout”
“You might think that Americans buy roughly the same number of fitted sheets as flats. Or, considering the market for electric blankets, duvets, and other covers, that consumers buy even more bottom sh”
- literary, transitiveTo refrain from, to abstain from.
“I shall forgo actually stepping inside, thank you.”
Formsforgoes(present, singular, third-person) · forgoing(participle, present) · forwent(past) · forgoed(nonstandard, past) · forgone(participle, past) · forwent(nonstandard, participle, past) · forgoed(nonstandard, participle, past) · forego(alternative, proscribed)