What is the meaning of foregoing?

verb

• Be earlier in time; go back further.
  • usage: "Stone tools precede bronze tools"
  • synonyms: predate, precede, forego, forgo, antecede, antedate
• Do without or cease to hold or adhere to.
  • usage: "We are dispensing with formalities"; "relinquish the old ideas"
  • synonyms: waive, relinquish, forgo, forego, foreswear, dispense with
• Lose (s. Th.) or lose the right to (s. Th.. by some error, offense, or crime)
  • usage: "you've forfeited your right to name your successor"; "forfeited property"
  • synonyms: forfeit, give up, throw overboard, waive, forgo, forego

adjective

• Especially of writing or speech; going before. .