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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“This started as a foregone conclusion. It didn’t look that way as we went forward. So, for our basketball team, the fact we didn’t give up makes it special. We fought.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 23, 2026

California currently has the highest average gasoline price at $5.14, but the $6 price level as an average for the state is not a foregone conclusion just yet, De Haan said.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 9, 2026

“It’s a bounce back from the extreme selloff we saw in software based on a foregone conclusion that AI would be the end of software,” said David Miller, chief investment officer for Catalyst Mutual Funds.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 9, 2026

That is a long time to build up to what some may consider a foregone conclusion.

From BBC • Jan. 23, 2026

Above it a portrait of some foregone officer in a crumbling frame.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr