foregone
21foregone conclusion — fore|gone con|clusion [ ,fɔrgɔn kən kluʒn ] noun singular a result that you can be certain about before it happens: Once again, a defeat for the Conservatives looked like a foregone conclusion …
22foregone conclusion — If the result of, say, a football match is a foregone conclusion, then the result is obvious before the game has even begun. (Dorking School Dictionary) …
23foregone conclusion — See a foregone conclusion …
24foregone conclusion — UK [ˌfɔː(r)ɡɒn kənˈkluːʒ(ə)n] / US [ˌfɔrɡɔn kənˈkluʒ(ə)n] noun [singular] a result that you can be certain about before it happens Once again, a defeat for the Conservatives looked like a foregone conclusion …
25Foregone conclusion — If the result of, say, a football match is a foregone conclusion, then the result is obvious before the game has even begun …
26foregone conclusion — /fɔˌgɒn kənˈkluʒən/ (say faw.gon kuhn kloohzhuhn) noun an inevitable conclusion or result: *In any contest between selfishness and unselfishness, the result is a foregone conclusion. –ada cambridge, 1904 …
27foregone — adjective Date: 1575 previous, past …
28foregone — foregoneness, n. /fawr gawn , gon , fohr ; fawr gawn , gon , fohr /, adj. 1. that has gone before; previous; past. 2. determined in advance; inevitable. [1590 1600; FORE + GONE] * * * …
29foregone — adjective /ˈforɡɔn/ a) previous, former b) bygone …
30foregone — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. past, previous. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. predestined, certain, predictable, inescapable; see destined 1 , inevitable …
