vverb.stativebe earlier in time; go back furtherSynset:antecede antedate forego forgo precede predate
Examples:- Stone tools precede bronze tools
Antonyms:postdate
Derivationally Related Form:antecedentprecedentprecessionprecedenceantecedencyantecedenceprecedency
Inherited Hypernyms:predate
Sentence Frame:Something ---s something
vverb.socialdo without or cease to hold or adhere toSynset:dispense with forego foreswear forgo relinquish waive
Examples:- We are dispensing with formalities
- relinquish the old ideas
Derivationally Related Form:waiver
Inherited Hypernyms:waive
Direct Hyponyms:give upkick
Full Troponyms:kick
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something
vverb.possessionlose (s.th.) or lose the right to (s.th.) by some error, offense, or crimeSynset:forego forfeit forgo give up throw overboard waive
Examples:- you've forfeited your right to name your successor
- forfeited property
Antonyms:claim
Derivationally Related Form:forfeitureforfeitwaiver
Hypernyms:abandon
Inherited Hypernyms:forfeitabandondiscardget rid of
Direct Hyponyms:lapse
Full Troponyms:lapse
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something
adj satadj.allespecially of writing or speech; going beforeAntonyms:succeeding
Inherited Hypernyms:foregoing
Similar to:preceding