|  forego 
 
 1. be earlier in time;
 go back further (Freq. 3)
 - Stone tools precede bronze tools
 • Syn:
 predate, precede, forgo, antecede, antedate
 • Ant:
 postdate (for: predate)
 • Derivationally related forms:
 antecedency (for: antecede), antecedent (for: antecede), antecedence (for: antecede), precedent (for: precede), precession (for: precede), precedency (for: precede), precedence (for: precede)
 • Verb Frames:
 - Something ----s something
 2. do without or cease to hold or adhere to
 - We are dispensing with formalities
 - relinquish the old ideas
 • Syn:
 waive, relinquish, forgo, foreswear, dispense with
 • Derivationally related forms:
 waiver (for: waive)
 • Hyponyms:
 kick, give up
 • Verb Frames:
 - Somebody ----s something
 3. lose (s.th.) or lose the right to (s.th.) by some error, offense, or crime
 - you've forfeited your right to name your successor
 - forfeited property
 • Syn:
 forfeit, give up, throw overboard, waive, forgo
 • Ant:
 claim (for: forfeit)
 • Derivationally related forms:
 waiver (for: waive), forfeiture (for: forfeit), forfeit (for: forfeit)
 • Hypernyms:
 abandon
 • Hyponyms:
 lapse
 • Verb Frames:
 - Somebody ----s something
 
 
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