foregone

[fawr-gawn, -gon, fawr-gawn, -gon] / fɔrˈgɔn, -ˈgɒn, ˈfɔrˌgɔn, -ˌgɒn /

ADJECTIVE

predestined

Synonyms

STRONG

destined

WEAK

certain inescapable inevitable predictable

Example Sentences

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Game 1 illustrated that it’s more like a foregone conclusion.

From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026

Passage has gone from a foregone conclusion early in the year to a long shot, even though lawmakers hope to hold a committee vote in the next month.

From Barron's • Apr. 17, 2026

“I think endemicity is a foregone conclusion and measles will circulate at the level it did in the 1990s,” Adalja said.

From Salon • Apr. 8, 2026

Yet the manner of Newcastle's six Champions League victories against Qarabag, Benfica, PSV Eindhoven, Athletic Club and Union Saint-Gilloise were far from foregone conclusions.

From BBC • Feb. 24, 2026

And by the spring of 1796 it had become a foregone conclusion that the choice was between them.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis