forgo

Betekenis (Engels)

1. (transitive) To do without (something enjoyable); to relinquish.
2. (literary, transitive) To refrain from, to abstain from.

Concepten

afstand doen van

uitvallen

opgeven

passen

laten voorbijgaan

afzien

stoppen

🛑

toegeven

verlaten

afstaan

wijken

afstand

in de steek laten

laten varen

ontberen

ophouden

Synoniemen

give up

waive

forego

relinquish

resign

renounce

desist

precede

predate

quit

dispense with

abandon

foreswear

antecede

antedate

disclaim

forbear

refrain

abnegate

abstain

throw overboard

forfeit

forsake

sacrifice

lapse

lead

leave

let oneself go

open up

part with

sign away

tergiversate

undo

unmake

yield

apostatise

come before

deny oneself

go without

lead up

stand off

stop

🛑

relinquish to

abdicate

abstain from

accommodate

apostatize

assign

back down

back off

Vertalingen

renunciar

renoncer

renunciar

verzichten

abrir mão de

çökmek

abandonar

resignar

entsagen

verzichten auf

renunciar a

desistir

se passer de

abdicar

résigner

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/fɔːˈɡəʊ/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: forgon

Overgenomen van Oudengels: forgān

In summary

From Middle English forgon (“to go by, pass up”), from Old English forgān (“to go away, forgo”); equivalent to for- + go.