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Meanings of forego in English

Portuguese
preceder
Catalan
antecedir
Spanish
preceder

Be earlier in time; go back further.

preceder
Portuguese
penalidade
Catalan
privar-se
Spanish
perder

Lose (s.th.) or lose the right to (s.th.) by some error, offense, or crime.

penalidade
Catalan
deixar
Spanish
sacrificar

Do without or cease to hold or adhere to.

deixar
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Examples for "relinquish"
Examples for "relinquish"
1
I hope we hold on to that power and don't relinquish it.
Ebony
2
We've been taught to relinquish our authority from a very young age.
Feminist dot com
3
Marcos will not relinquish his hold even if martial law is ended.
The new yorker
4
And then imagine what would lead me to voluntarily relinquish that honour.
The Guardian
5
The three men regrouped to decide whether or not to relinquish hunting.
From dawn to deceit
1
Surely I cannot foreswear myself in God's house.
The pretender's crown
2
First, though, I want you to foreswear the oath I gave you and revoke my obligations.
A Day Dark as Night
3
Hamas is regarded in the West as a terrorist organisation which refuses to recognise Israel and foreswear violence.
Reuters
4
They said an IAEA resolution passed on Thursday, urging all Middle East nations to foreswear atomic bombs, included Israel and made Friday's proposal unnecessary.
Reuters
5
"I'll foreswear pebbles if you'll abolish the sand habit."
Grace Harlowe's Problem
1
No, I thank you; I think we can dispense with his information.
Tongues of Serpents
2
The only way out is to dispense with the industrial-technological system altogether.
Industrial Society and Its Future
3
I could not dispense with the man; I had to cure him.
The Idler Magazine, Vol III. May 1893 / An Illustrated Monthly
4
Colour cannot stand alone; it cannot dispense with boundaries of some kind.
Concerning the Spiritual in Art
5
If not, the Leveson inquiry may well dispense with its services altogether.
The Guardian
Usage of forego in English
1
Operators in Europe have also tried to forego subsidies, with mixed results.
Reuters
2
He cannot forego the effect he is almost sure it will produce.
Eleanor
3
Eco-Christians are being asked to forego the traditional, heavily lubricated pre-Christmas parties.
Reuters
4
To forego this aid was perilous; to wait for it was ruin.
Autobiographic Sketches
5
I thought they might forego it for the sake of other things.
The Daughters of Danaus
6
I forego all questions of advantage, and base my argument upon that.
Saracinesca
7
And he was not prepared to forego one amusement for the other.
The Belfry
8
For a time they must forego the chance of rescuing their friend.
Air Service Boys in the Big Battle; Or, Silencing the Big Guns
9
If I am underground in a secure place, I forego my coffin.
Bloody Bones
10
His son must forego love-ifit were indeed love-ofhis own volition.
Poor Man's Rock
11
He declared he would rather return to Scotland than forego his amusements.
The Star-Chamber: An Historical Romance, Volume 1
12
But I shall not forego my claim on what she promised-youracquaintance.
Thaddeus of Warsaw
13
A man does not easily forego habits that have become second nature.
Burned Bridges
14
He could give her as much, and more, than she would forego.
The Purple Heights
15
New York would neither be willing nor able to forego this advantage.
The Federalist Papers
16
Poor Mr. de Luc, however, could not forego coming to my room.
The Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay — Volume 2
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