--- title: "How to pronounce \"forewent\" in English | SayItVid" description: "Learn how to say \"forewent\" correctly. Watch real-life video examples and master your English pronunciation with SayItVid." image: "https://img.youtube.com/vi/kqm8T_FNnog/hqdefault.jpg" url: "https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/forewent" --- # How to pronounce "forewent" in English ## Pronunciation & Phonetics - **IPA**: `/ˈfɔɹwɛnt/` - **Syllable Breakdown**: **fo·re·went** - **Stress**: **FO** — say this syllable louder and longer - **Native Audio**: [Listen](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/34/En-us-forewent.ogg/En-us-forewent.ogg.mp3) ## Real-Life Native Speaker Examples (7 Video Clips) Listen to native speakers pronounce "forewent" in real conversation: ### Example 1 *Accent: US* > "that they were manipulating the benchmarks in order to show the results of improvement on the one hand, and that other districts, which were actually They forewent the opportunity to negotiate drug prices for the federal government directly with the drug companies." - **Watch at 51:02**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqm8T_FNnog&t=3062s) ### Example 2 > "And all these people forewent that." - **Watch at 0:41**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7bT9Vo2NOk&t=41s) ### Example 3 *Accent: US* > "But they forewent that opportunity and you can see in the early years when when when the Medicare Part D was going through this, as you can see," - **Watch at 51:18**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqm8T_FNnog&t=3078s) ### Example 4 > "And at the extremes, women are making serious choices about their careers. As many as 11 percent forewent a promotion opportunity, and as many as eight percent resigned from their positions because of menopausal symptoms. My fascination with female leadership and the obvious gap began as a strategy consultant working in boardrooms around the world." - **Watch at 2:11**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4h2zgJhC7E&t=131s) ### Example 5 *Accent: US* > "He had learned well the law of club and fang, and he never forewent an advantage or drew back from a foe he had started on the way to Death." - **Watch at 141:28**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9B7L9O803s&t=8488s) ### Example 6 > "Hi. Thank you for coming in, forgoing the Google cafeteria for a lunchtime-- nobody forewent it?" - **Watch at 0:02**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKwNHpPSzP0&t=2s) ### Example 7 > "building as a brand, as an offering, as an infrastructure. So, so I I bootstrapping was, you know, I wanted control. I wanted it for the right reason because I want to be, you know, just so it made a lot of sense. So what that took in the meantime though was um I didn't pay I we I forewent salary for years and didn't pay myself for the first I think three years of the business. Um my dad who is a brilliant uh engineer and software developer" - **Watch at 39:14**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pA02aB1bE90&t=2354s) ## How to Pronounce "forewent" - **Syllables**: fo · re · went - **Stress**: FO — say this syllable louder and longer - **IPA**: `/ˈfɔɹwɛnt/` - **Listen for**: the stressed /FO/ in the clips above — notice how surrounding sounds blend in natural speech. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### How do you pronounce “forewent”? “forewent” is pronounced /ˈfɔɹwɛnt/ (fo · re · went). Listen to the native-speaker clips above to hear it in real conversation. ### How many syllables are in “forewent”? “forewent” has 3 syllables: fo · re · went. ### Where is the stress in “forewent”? The primary stress in “forewent” is on “FO”. Listen for that stressed syllable in the clips above. ### What does “forewent” mean? simple past of forego ### How can I hear “forewent” used in real sentences? This page has 7 real-world video examples of “forewent” with synchronized subtitles. 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