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for·get (fər get′, fôr-)

transitive verb forgot -·got′, forgotten -·got′·ten or forgot -·got′, forgetting -·get′·ting

  1. to lose (facts, knowledge, etc.) from the mind; fail to recall; be unable to remember
  2. to fail to do, bring, etc. as because of carelessness; overlook, omit, or neglect unintentionally don't forget to write
  3. to overlook, omit, or neglect intentionally let's forget our differences

Etymology: ME forgeten < OE forgietan (see for- & get): orig. sense, to fail to hold

intransitive verb

to forget things; be forgetful

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forget Idioms

forget it!

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never mind!it doesn't matter!

forget oneself

  1. to think only of others; be altruistic or unselfish
  2. to behave in an improper or unseemly manner

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Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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forget Synonyms

forget

v.

  1. To lose memory

    be unable to recall, have no recollection of, fail to remember, lose consciousness of, put out of one's head, let slip one's mind, misremember, let bygones be bygones, be forgetful, have a short memory, consign to oblivion, think no more of, dismiss from the mind, close one's eyes to, not give another thought, disremember*, clean forget*, draw a blank*.

    Antonyms remember*, recall*, recollect. *

  2. To neglect intentionally or unintentionally

    overlook, ignore, omit, neglect, slight, disregard, pass over, lose sight of, skip, drop it*; see also neglect 1, 2. See syn. study at neglect.


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Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

forget Usage Examples

Object

  • everything: Well, forget everything you knew about this - it's all changed.

Used with why or when

  • who: You can forget who you were with last night, what you did, what happened to the £ 50.

Infinitive complement

  • check: Don't forget to check out all the books on our.

Preposition: in

  • hurry: Not a game that the players or indeed the people on the sidelines will forget in a hurry!
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forget quotes

And we forget because we must And not because we will.

-Arnold, Matthew

L'amoureux qui n'oublie pas quelquefois meurt par exce'  s, fatigue et tension de me¤  moire (tel Werther). The lover who does not forget sometimes dies from excess, fatigue, and the strain of memory (like Werther).

-Barthes, Roland

I am like that. I either forget right away or I never forget.

-Beckett, Samuel

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