different between forgone vs forgo

English

Verb

forgone

1. past participle of forgo

English

Alternative forms

• forego (proscribed)

Etymology

From Middle English forgon (“to go by, pass up”), from Old English forg?n (“to go away, forgo”); equivalent to for- +? go.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /f??????/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /f????o?/

Verb

forgo (third-person singular simple present forgoes, present participle forgoing, simple past forwent, past participle forgone) (transitive)

1. To let pass, to leave alone, to let go.
2. To do without, to abandon, to renounce.
   • 1986, New York Magazine (volume 19, number 49, page 20)

     You might think that Americans buy roughly the same number of fitted sheets as flats. Or, considering the market for electric blankets, duvets, and other covers, that consumers buy even more bottom sheets, simply forgoing the tops.

3. To refrain from, to abstain from, to pass up, to withgo.

Quotations

Usage notes

Not to be confused with forego (“go before”), though forego (“do without”) is also sometimes used as an alternative spelling of forgo.

Translations

References

• forgo in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• forgo in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• go for