Adjacent Words

Foregoing definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

FOREGO'ING, ppr.
1. Forbearing to have, possess or enjoy.
2. a. Preceding; going before, in time or place; antecedent; as a foregoing period of time; a foregoing clause in a writing.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: especially of writing or speech; going before

Merriam Webster's

adjective Date: 15th century listed, mentioned, or occurring before <the foregoing statement can be proven> Synonyms: see preceding

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Forego Fore*go", v. t. [imp. Forewent 2; p. p. Foregone (?; 115); p. pr. & vb. n. Foregoing.] [See Forgo.] 1. To quit; to relinquish; to leave. Stay at the third cup, or forego the place. --Herbert. 2. To relinquish the enjoyment or advantage of; to give up; to resign; to renounce; -- said of a thing already enjoyed, or of one within reach, or anticipated. All my patrimony,, If need be, I am ready to forego. --Milton. Thy lovers must their promised heaven forego. --Keble. [He] never forewent an opportunity of honest profit. --R. L. Stevenson. Note: Forgo is the better spelling etymologically, but the word has been confused with Forego, to go before.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

You can refer to what has just been stated or mentioned as the foregoing. (FORMAL) You might think from the foregoing that the French want to phase accents out. Not at all. PRON: the PRON • Foregoing is also an adjective. The foregoing paragraphs were written in 1985. ADJ: ADJ n

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. Preceding, previous, antecedent, prior, former, fore, anterior.

Moby Thesaurus

above, aforegoing, aforementioned, aforenamed, aforesaid, antecedent, anterior, anticipatory, beforementioned, chief, ci-devant, earlier, early, elder, first, fore, forementioned, foremost, forenamed, former, heading, headmost, last, latter, leading, named, older, past, precedent, preceding, precessional, precurrent, precursory, preexistent, preliminary, previous, prime, prior, said, same, senior