Coming before in time or in a text; the things or events that just happened previously.
Present participle of 'forego,' from Old English 'forgan.' Used as an adjective since at least the 1600s to mean 'preceding' or 'mentioned before,' as in 'the foregoing paragraph.'
Legal documents love this word—'the foregoing statement' is a fancy way to say 'what I just said above,' and it's been the standard in contracts for centuries!
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