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单词 foregone
释义

foregoneadj.

Brit. /(ˌ)fɔːˈɡɒn/, /ˈfɔːɡɒn/, U.S. /fɔrˈɡɔn/, /fɔrˈɡɑn/, /ˈfɔrˌɡɔn/, /ˈfɔrˌɡɑn/
Etymology: < fore- prefix + gone adj., past participle of go v.
a. That has gone before or gone by; (of time) past.
ΘΚΠ
the world > time > relative time > the past > [adjective]
formerc1160
apassedc1314
past1340
preterite1340
eldera1400
elderna1400
eldernlya1400
bygone1424
bypast1452
ancient1490
by-runa1522
bywenta1522
spent1528
departed1552
forepassed1557
preter1578
by-come1592
worn-out1594
preterlapsed1599
foregone1609
worna1616
elapseda1644
lapsed1702
surpassed1725
gone-by1758
back1808
old-time1865
by-flown1884
1609 W. Shakespeare Sonnets xxx. sig. C3 Then can I greeue at greeuances fore-gon . View more context for this quotation
1656 A. Cowley Pindaric Odes i. iii With Oblivion's silent Stroke deface Of foregone Ills the very Trace.
1794 Burke Rep. Lord's Jrnls. in Wks. (1842) II. 610 With no light from any principle, precedent, or foregone authority of law.
1824 C. Lamb in London Mag. Nov. 481/1 A bare scrag—cold savings from the foregone meal.
1870 J. R. Lowell Cathedral 10 This hath made poets dream of lives foregone In worlds fantastical.
b. foregone conclusion: a Shakespearean phrase, variously interpreted by commentators (see conclusion n. 15). Now used for: A decision or opinion already formed before the case is argued or the full evidence known (hence foregone intention, foregone opinion, etc.); also, a result or upshot that might have been foreseen as inevitable.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > misjudgement > [noun] > premature judgement
forejudgement1548
prejudice1583
prejudication1606
foregone conclusiona1616
the mind > will > intention > [noun] > intention or purpose > settled beforehand
fore-purpose1829
foregone intention1868
the mind > will > necessity > [noun] > inevitability > inevitable result
foregone conclusion1878
the world > existence and causation > causation > effect, result, or consequence > [noun] > outcome or that which results > foregone conclusion
foregone conclusion1878
a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) iii. iii. 433 But this denoted a fore-gone conclusion . View more context for this quotation
1823 C. Lamb New Year's Eve in Elia 62 I plunge into foregone visions and conclusions.
1856 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (1858) I. iii. 286 Starting always with a foregone conclusion, he arrived of course where he wished to arrive.
1868 J. H. Blunt Reformation Church of Eng. I. 186 The Archbishop was simply carrying out..the foregone intention of the King.
1878 R. B. Smith Carthage 387 That struggle was heroic..but the conclusion was foregone.

Derivatives

foreˈgoneness n. Apparently an isolated use.
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1892 Athenæum 6 Aug. 191/2 [The book is] affected..by the ‘foregoneness’ of its conclusion.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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