foregoing
fawr goh ing
- v be earlier in time; go back further
- v do without or cease to hold or adhere to
- v lose (s.th.) or lose the right to (s.th.) by some error, offense, or crime
- s especially of writing or speech; going before
- The foregoing principles help to show how hopelessly difficult it would be to reform the industrial system in such a way as to prevent it from progressively narrowing our sphere of .
- It follows from the foregoing that only an external intervention that is decisive and purposeful in its character can achieve a breakthrough to peace.
- Because Japanese women are expected to quit their jobs when they have children, a record number are foregoing marriage altogether.