Meaning & use
forwent
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Past tense of "forgo," meaning went without or chose not to have or do something.
See it in a sentence
She forwent dessert to save room for a late dinner.
He forwent his vacation days to finish the project on time.
A note on using this word
An irregular past tense formed the same way as "went" from "go," since "forgo" is literally "go" with the prefix "for-."
Words with a similar meaning
abstained fromwaived
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Words with an opposite meaning
indulged in
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