forget
See also: Forget
English
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Etymology
editFrom 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”).
Pronunciation
edit- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /fəˈɡɛt/,[1] (less commonly:) /fɔːˈɡɛt/
Audio (Received Pronunciation); “to forget”: (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /fɚˈɡɛt/,[2][3][4] (less commonly:) /fɔɹˈɡɛt/[2][3][4]
Audio (General American): (file) - Hyphenation: for‧get
- Rhymes: -ɛt
Verb
editforget (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.
- I have forgotten most of the things I learned in school.
- 1593, Tho[mas] Nashe, Christs Teares Over Ierusalem. […], London: […] Iames Roberts, and are to be solde by Andrewe Wise, […], →OCLC, folio 60, verso:
- VVe (of all earthlings) are Gods vtmoſt ſubiects, the laſt (in a manner) that he bought to his obedience: ſhal we then forgette that vvee are any ſubiects of hys, becauſe (as amongſt his Angels) he is not viſibly conuerſant amongſt vs?
- 1921 June, Margery Williams, “The Velveteen Rabbit: Or How Toys Become Real”, in Harper’s Bazar, volume LVI, number 6 (2504 overall), New York, N.Y.: International Magazine Company, →ISSN, →OCLC:
- 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.
- (transitive) To unintentionally not do, neglect.
- I forgot to buy flowers for my wife at our 14th wedding anniversary.
- 1905, Lord Dunsany [i.e., Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany], The Gods of Pegāna, London: [Charles] Elkin Mathews, […], →OCLC:
- 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.
- (transitive) To unintentionally leave something behind.
- I forgot my car keys in the living room.
- (intransitive) To cease remembering.
- Let's just forget about it.
- He forgot having already visited this city.
- (transitive, loosely, informal) To not realize something (regardless of whether one has ever known it).
- People forget how much work goes into what we do.
- (slang) Euphemism for fuck, screw (a mild oath).
- Forget you!
Usage notes
edit- In sense 1 and 4 this is a catenative verb that takes the gerund (-ing).
- In sense 2 this is a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive.
- See Appendix:English catenative verbs
Synonyms
editAntonyms
editDerived terms
edit- and don't you forget it
- don't forget to write
- eaten bread is soon forgotten
- fire and forget
- foggetaboutit
- forget about
- forget about it
- forget about it
- forgetful
- forget it
- forget-me-not
- forget oneself
- forget one's manners
- forgettable
- forgetter
- forget to take one's medication this morning
- forget to take one's pills this morning
- forget you
- forgive and forget
- forgive but don't forget
- lest we forget
- not forgetting
- right to be forgotten
- set-and-forget
- the Internet never forgets
- un-forget
- unforgettable
Translations
editto lose remembrance of
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to unintentionally not do
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to leave behind
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to cease remembering
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References
edit- “forget”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “forget”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- ^ “forget”, in Collins English Dictionary.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 “forget”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 “forget”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 “forget”, in Collins English Dictionary; from Michael Agnes, editor, Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th edition, Cleveland, Oh.: Wiley, 2010, →ISBN.
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