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Foregone vs Aforesaid - What's the difference?

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Foregone is a related term of aforesaid.


As adjectives the difference between foregone and aforesaid

is that foregone is previous, former while aforesaid is of a previously stated list, the earlier of the list items, usually the first in two or three mentioned list items.

As a verb foregone

is .

foregone

English

Verb

(head)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • previous, former
  • bygone
  • *1874 , William Henley, O, Gather Me the Rose :
  • *:For with the dream foregone', ' foregone ,
    • The deed forborne for ever,
  • *:The worm, regret, will canker on,
    • And time will turn him never.
  • (informal) inevitable, predictable

    • Derived terms

    * foregone conclusion

    aforesaid

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Of a previously stated list, the earlier of the list items, usually the first in two or three mentioned list items.

    • Usage notes

    When it modifies a noun phrase, it is generally preceded by the definite article the'', and the combination functions as a determiner rather than a simple adjective. You can put it before a cardinal like ''the aforesaid two articles'' instead of ''the two aforesaid articles .

    Synonyms

    * abovementioned * aforementioned * mentioned * previously mentioned

    Antonyms

    * following