FORGO
What does "FORGO" mean?
To give up or do without something one might have had or enjoyed.
Meanings
- To abstain from or relinquish something, especially something pleasant. She chose to forgo dessert and save room for the cheese.
Did you know?
- 'Forgo' (to do without) and 'forego' (to go before) began as two separate words; the 'e' in 'forego' literally marks the sense of going ahead, while plain 'forgo' means to let something go by.
Word origin
From Old English 'forgan', combining the prefix 'for-' (away, off) with 'gan' (to go); literally 'to go past' or 'pass by', hence to do without.
Remember it
FORGO has no E because you let the thing GO entirely; FOREGO with an E goes bEfore.
A little poem
He let the second helping pass untouched-
the lightest things we carry are the ones we never clutched.
couplet
What it teaches
To forgo is not to lose; it is to choose the lighter hand on purpose, before the choosing chooses you.
Quick facts
What does FORGO mean?
To give up or do without something one might have had or enjoyed.
Is FORGO a valid word?
Yes — FORGO is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is FORGO?
FORGO has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does FORGO come from?
From Old English 'forgan', combining the prefix 'for-' (away, off) with 'gan' (to go); literally 'to go past' or 'pass by', hence to do without.
What can FORGO teach us?
To forgo is not to lose; it is to choose the lighter hand on purpose, before the choosing chooses you.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.