forgo

== English == === Alternative forms === forego (proscribed) === Etymology === From Middle English forgon (“to go by, pass up”), from Old English forgān (“to go away, forgo”); equivalent to for- +‎ go. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /fɔːˈɡəʊ/ (General American) IPA(key): /fɔɹˈɡoʊ/ Rhymes: -əʊ === Verb === forgo (third-person singular simple present forgoes, present participle forgoing, simple past forwent or (nonstandard) forgoed, past participle forgone or (nonstandard) forwent or (nonstandard) forgoed) (transitive) To do without (something enjoyable); to relinquish. (literary) To refrain from, to abstain from. ==== Usage notes ==== Although the form forgoed is nonstandard, it is used by many educated speakers whose speech and writing is close to standard English and who would not use forms such as goed or undergoed. Other speakers may have difficulty forming an acceptable simple past of this verb, considering both forgoed and forwent to be linguistically unnatural. Not to be confused with forego (“go before”), though forego (“do without”) is also sometimes used as an alternative spelling of forgo. ==== Quotations ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === === Further reading === William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “forgo”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “forgo”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. === Anagrams === go for