Meanings
plural foregone conclusions
- A predictable or inevitable conclusion, or one made without enough consideration and evidence.
In the first episode, Noah breaks up with Rebecca because she snooped around and found an engagement ring he had hidden and she started wearing it without giving him a chance to propose, taking their marriage as a foregone conclusion.
2024 October 5, Jessica Grose, “‘Nobody Wants This’ Pits Jewish Women Against ‘Shiksas.’ Nobody Wins.”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC1 more example
[…] [Sam] Altman had made each of OpenAI’s decisions about the Microsoft deal and GPT-3’s deployment a foregone conclusion, but he had maneuvered and manipulated dissenters into believing they had a real say until it was too late to change course.
2025, Karen Hao, Empire of AI, New York City: Penguin Press, →ISBN
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Dutch uitgemaakte zaak
- uitgemaakte zaakpredictable or inevitable conclusion
Finnish itsestäänselvyys, itsestäänselvä johtopäätös
- itsestäänselvyyspredictable or inevitable conclusion
- itsestäänselvä johtopäätöspredictable or inevitable conclusion
- selviöpredictable or inevitable conclusion
French couru d'avance
- couru d'avancepredictable or inevitable conclusion
German ausgemachte Sache
- ausgemachte Sachepredictable or inevitable conclusion
Polish rezultat przesądzony z góry
- rezultat przesądzony z górypredictable or inevitable conclusion
Portuguese resultado certo
- resultado certopredictable or inevitable conclusion
Russian предрешённый вы́вод
- предрешённый вы́вод (predrešónnyj vývod)predictable or inevitable conclusion
Spanish ser de prever, estar cantado
- ser de preverpredictable or inevitable conclusion
- estar cantadopredictable or inevitable conclusion
Cite this entry
foregone conclusion. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/foregone%20conclusion
“foregone conclusion.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/foregone%20conclusion. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “foregone conclusion,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/foregone%20conclusion.
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