MEANING
Mentioned earlier; as a noun, the material already presented in the preceding discussion.
Use it for
referring back to an earlier argument; drawing together preceding observations; specifying which previously stated assumptions are being usedRefers precisely to material already presented rather than introducing new evidence. Academic functions: Significance / Scope, Analysis / Interpretation.
Words that belong together
- the foregoing analysis
- the foregoing discussion
- in light of the foregoing
On the page
The foregoing analysis establishes a difference in access, not a difference in ability.
In light of the foregoing, the historian treats the official figures as incomplete rather than wholly unusable.
Nearby words
Word forms
- Base
- foregoing
Usage notes
Adjective, usually before a noun; also the foregoing as a singular collective noun for preceding material. No ordinary comparative or superlative. Register: formal. Commonness: uncommon (qualitative editorial estimate, informed by dictionaries/corpus).
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