forgo vs forego
Definitions
verb
- lose (s.th.) or lose the right to (s.th.) by some error, offense, or crime
- do without or cease to hold or adhere to
- be earlier in time; go back further
Examples
The aircraft descended into a wetland area and had since been forgotten about as it sank below the surface.
(Variety's Dennis Harvey called Mr. Friedman's onscreen persona "nebbishy"; The Boston Globe's Wesley Morris was a little nicer, saying, "The movie is the product of his big, shiny love of forgotten soul legends whom superstardom ... has eluded.")
If your next record's a bit iffy, you're forgotten.
Definitions
verb
- lose (s.th.) or lose the right to (s.th.) by some error, offense, or crime
- do without or cease to hold or adhere to
- be earlier in time; go back further
Examples
This was a sad day indeed for the big bad wolf of the banking world, and not just because it must forego those rich pickings it planned to cream off from two billion cash machine transactions a year.
This is the very definition of obstructionism: To delay a foregone conclusion for the sake of a petty protest.
Whenever possible, forego fashion and stick with ‘sensible’ shoes.
