🇮🇹Italian Source WordCode: IT

rinunciare

Pronunciation / Transliteration: rinunˈtʃare

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Forego/fɔːrˈɡoʊ/
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🇮🇹 Example Sentence in Italian:

"Ho dovuto rinunciare all'offerta."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As verb
  1. 1

    To omit or decline to take something; to give up the enjoyment or advantage of something.

    "She decided to forego dessert in order to reach her health goals."
  2. 2

    To precede someone or something in time or place.

    "The introduction will forego the main chapter."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from Old English 'foregān', meaning to go before or precede. Over time, the spelling and semantics shifted to also encompass 'forgo' (to give up or abstain from), while 'forego' is historically retained for preceding something.

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