foregone conclusion

noun

1. an inevitable conclusion or result.
2. a conclusion, opinion, or decision formed in advance of proper consideration of evidence, arguments, etc.

foregone conclusion

noun

1. an inevitable result or conclusion

Word History and Origins

Origin of foregone conclusion¹

First recorded in 1595–1605

Example Sentences

Dean considers Michigan as a warning to other states of how quickly new outbreaks may pick up, but she says it’s not a foregone conclusion.

From Science News

She said we keep talking about it like it is a foregone conclusion that courts will agree that Measure C, like these others, passed with 65 percent of the vote instead of two-thirds.

From Voice of San Diego

Even a virus capable of causing a pandemic that brings the world to its knees wasn’t necessarily a foregone conclusion.

From Science News

Despite support among key City Council members, the changes are not a foregone conclusion.

From ProPublica

So even though the result of the certification was supposed to be a foregone conclusion, some wondered whether Nixon would really go through with it.

From Washington Post

To be sure, Republican rule of the Senate is not a foregone conclusion.

From The Daily Beast

Indeed, to members of the Yes campaign in the final days, victory was a foregone conclusion.

From The Daily Beast

As Egyptians go to the polls, the election of a new strongman is a foregone conclusion.

From The Daily Beast

Usually the Best Picture winner is a foregone conclusion by this point—did anyone really think The Artist or Argo would lose?

From The Daily Beast

Critics were so certain that Bryan Cranston would win that it seemed a foregone conclusion.

From The Daily Beast

He must have seen, long before November 1292, that an adverse decision was a foregone conclusion.

From Project Gutenberg

It seems to be a foregone conclusion that I shall never hear a good performance of one of my operas.

From Project Gutenberg

Finally, a foregone conclusion against her had stolen into Theodore's mind, and this she could not conquer.

From Project Gutenberg

Unless they were captured, it was a foregone conclusion that Trymore and Pringle would try to reach the car.

From Project Gutenberg

Howells's "Foregone Conclusion" was running in the Atlantic that year, and they delighted in it.

From Project Gutenberg

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