Meanings
foregoing1
- not comparableOccurring before or in front of something else, in time, place, rank or sequence.
Striking confirmation of the foregoing points comes in a letter from a Swindon reader, who writes "[…]."
1951 March, Cecil J. Allen, “British Locomotive Practice and Performance”, in Railway Magazine, page 1871 more example
we may conclude, from the foregoing reasonings, that, as certain unity is requisite in all productions, it cannot be wanting in history more than in any other;
1748, David Hume, Enquiry concerning Human Understanding., Section 3. § 14Synonyms: aforegoing, preceding
foregoing2
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of forego
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveOccurring before or in front of something else, in time, place, rank or sequence.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectiveespecially of writing or speech; going before
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian предшестващ, гореспоменат
- предшестващ (predšestvašt)occurring before or in front of something else
- гореспоменат (gorespomenat)occurring before or in front of something else
Chinese Cantonese 之前
- 之前 (zi¹ cin⁴)occurring before or in front of something else
Chinese Mandarin 之前
- 之前 (zhīqián)occurring before or in front of something else
Dutch voorafgaand
- voorafgaandoccurring before or in front of something else
Finnish edeltävä
- edeltäväoccurring before or in front of something else
French ci-dessus, précédent
- ci-dessusoccurring before or in front of something else
- précédentoccurring before or in front of something else
Italian precedente
- precedenteoccurring before or in front of something else
Norwegian foregående, forrige
- foregåendeoccurring before or in front of something else
- forrigeoccurring before or in front of something else
Polish powyższy, uprzedni
- powyższyoccurring before or in front of something else
- uprzednioccurring before or in front of something else
Portuguese precedente
- precedenteoccurring before or in front of something else
Spanish precedente
- precedenteoccurring before or in front of something else
Swedish föregående
- föregåendeoccurring before or in front of something else
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with foregoing
Cite this entry
foregoing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/foregoing
“foregoing.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/foregoing. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “foregoing,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/foregoing.
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