Was a Foregone Conclusion?

If you say that a particular result is a foregone conclusion, you mean you are certain that it will happen. Most voters believe the result is a foregone conclusion. Synonyms: certainty, open-and-shut case, sure thing, dead cert [informal] More Synonyms of foregone conclusion.

How do you use foregone conclusion in a sentence?

He believes next year's election is far from a foregone conclusion. So the result of the comparison was a foregone conclusion. With the game he had been having, it was far from a foregone conclusion. The result of the strike ballot is not a foregone conclusion.

Where is a foregone conclusion from?

“A foregone conclusion” comes from Shakespeare's play Othello (Act 3, Scene3). The general, Othello, has come under the spell of the sociopath, Iago, an officer in his regiment.