Basic Details
Word: Foregoing
Part of Speech: Adjective
Meaning: Just mentioned or coming before, especially in a piece of writing or a speech.
Synonyms: preceding, previous, above, earlier
Antonyms: following, subsequent
Sounds like: forgoing (giving up or going without something)
How to Spell Foregoing
Syllables: fore - go - ing
Tricky part: It is fore, meaning before, plus going, so the e after for must stay. Without it you get forgoing, a different word.
Watch out for: foregoeing, foregowing, forgoeing
Memory tip: Fore means before, so the foregoing is whatever went before: fore + going, e kept.
Usage Examples
Example 1: In view of the foregoing facts, the committee cancelled the trip.
Example 2: The foregoing rules apply to every player in the tournament.
Example 3: Our lawyer said that the foregoing clause protects the tenant.
Fun Fact
Foregone, from the same verb, lives on in the phrase a foregone conclusion: a result that was certain before it actually happened.
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Word Makeup
Only one of these words takes the prefix fore- to make a real word. Choose it:
fore-
a) laughing
b) going
c) sleeping
d) swimming
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b) going. Fore + going makes foregoing, what came before; English has no foresleeping, forelaughing or foreswimming.
Word Connection
Choose the antonym of the word foregoing as used in the sentence:
The foregoing pages describe how the water samples were collected from the Yamuna.
a) previous
b) preceding
c) following
d) earlier
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c) following. Foregoing pages come before; following pages come after.
Mingle-Mangle
Unscramble the jumbled word in the sentence and choose the correct word:
Every pupil must sign to say they accept the ignoerfgo conditions of the camp.
a) foreground
b) foregoing
c) forgiving
d) foreseeing
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b) foregoing. Nine letters with two g's and two o's: only foregoing uses exactly these.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. The foregoing chapter of a book is the one that ____.
a) opens the whole book
b) comes just after
c) ends the whole book
d) comes just before
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d) comes just before
2. In a contract, 'the foregoing' refers to ____.
a) what will be added later
b) the signatures at the end
c) the date of signing
d) what has already been written
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d) what has already been written
