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The definition of forgo is to refrain from doing something or to do without something.

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When you skip dessert after a big meal, this is an example of a situation where you forgo dessert.

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transitive verb forwent, forgone, forgoing

Obsolete
1. to go past
2. to overlook; neglect
to do without; abstain from; give up

Origin: ME forgon < OE forgan: see for- & go

Related Forms:

forgoer noun

See forgo in American Heritage Dictionary 4

also fore·go

transitive verb for·went also fore·went (-wĕntˈ), for·gone also fore·gone (-gônˈ, -gŏnˈ), for·go·ing also fore·go·ing, for·goes also fore·goes

To abstain from; relinquish: unwilling to forgo dessert.

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Origin: Middle English forgon

Origin: , from Old English forgān, go away, forgo

Origin: : for-, for-

Origin: + gān, to go; see ghē- in Indo-European roots

Related Forms:

for·goˈer noun

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