forego
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
be earlier in time; go back further
Stone tools precede bronze tools
Related & opposite
- postdate antonym
- precession derivation
- antecedence derivation
- precedent derivation
- antecedent derivation
- precedent derivation
Sense 2 verb
do without or cease to hold or adhere to
We are dispensing with formalities
Types & categories
- kick hyponym
Related & opposite
- waiver derivation
Sense 3 verb
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
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | postdate |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | precession |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | antecedence |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | precedent |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | antecedent |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | precedent |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | waiver |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | kick |
| 3 | antonym | Related & opposite | arrogate |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | sacrifice |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | waiver |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | forfeit |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | forfeit |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | abandon |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | lapse |