Occurring before or in front of something else, in time, place, rank or sequence
we may conclude, from the foregoing reasonings, that, as certain unity is requisite in all productions, it cannot be wanting in history more than in any other;.
You can refer to what has just been stated or mentioned as the foregoing. You might think from the foregoing that the French want to phase accents out. Not at all. Foregoing is also an adjective. The foregoing paragraphs were written in 1985. the foregoing (sth) something that has just been mentioned, read, dealt with etc following