Word definition: forget

Etimology


From Middle English forgeten, forgiten, foryeten, forȝiten, from Old English forġietan (“to forget”) [influenced by Old Norse geta ("to get, to guess")], from Proto-West Germanic *fragetan (“to give up, forget”). Equivalent to for- +‎ get. Cognate with : Scots forget, forȝet (“to forget”), West Frisian fergette, ferjitte, forjitte (“to forget”), Dutch vergeten (“to forget”), German vergessen (“to forget”).

verb


forget (third-person singular simple present forgets, present participle forgetting, simple past forgot or (obsolete) forgat, past participle forgotten or (archaic or colloquial) forgot)

(transitive) To lose remembrance of.

(transitive) To unintentionally not do, neglect.

(transitive) To unintentionally leave something behind.

(intransitive) To cease remembering.

(transitive, loosely, informal) To not realize something (regardless of whether one has ever known it).

(slang) Euphemism for fuck, screw (a mild oath).

Examples


I have forgotten most of the things I learned in school.

VVe are Gods vtmoſt ſubiects, the laſt that he bought to his obedience: ſhal we then forgette that vvee are any ſubiects of hys, becauſe he is not viſibly conuerſant amongſt vs?

For at least two hours the Boy loved him, and then Aunts and Uncles came to dinner, and there was a great rustling of tissue paper and unwrapping of parcels, and in the excitement of looking at all the new presents the Velveteen Rabbit was forgotten.

I forgot to buy flowers for my wife at our 14th wedding anniversary.

Pray, thou, therefore, to Slid, and forget not Slid, and it may be that Slid will not forget to send thee Death when most thou needest it.

I forgot my car keys in the living room.

Let's just forget about it.

He forgot having already visited this city.

People forget how much work goes into what we do.

Forget you!

Related words


synonyms

obliviate, overlook, pass over, disremember

antonyms

acquire, learn, mind, recall, recollect, remember, reminisce

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