forget
//fəˈɡɛt//
Forms
- present (v1)
- forget
- past (v2)
- forgot
- past participle (v3)
- forgotten
- present participle
- forgetting
- 3rd person singular
- forgets
Definitions
1.To lose remembrance of.
- I have forgotten most of the things I learned in school.
- Everybody, old and young, laughs uproariously at this and immediately forgets all about it.
2.To unintentionally not do, neglect.
- I forgot to buy flowers for my wife at our 14th wedding anniversary.
3.To unintentionally leave something behind.
- I forgot my car keys in the living room.
4.To cease remembering.
- He forgot having already visited this city.
- Let's just forget I ever told you anything about it.
Frequency
Overall
Common· #665
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Common
- General reading & writing
- Common
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Uncommon
Related words
Etymology
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.
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