forget
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
Middle English forgeten, foryiten (“to forget”), from Old English forġietan (“to forget”), from Proto-Germanic *fragetanan. More at for- + get.
[edit] Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA: /fəˈɡɛt/, SAMPA: /f@"gEt/
- (US) IPA: /fɝˈɡɛt/, /fɔɹˈɡɛt/, SAMPA: /f3`"gEt/, /fOr\"gEt/
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[edit] Verb
forget (third-person singular simple present forgets, present participle forgetting, simple past forgot, past participle forgotten)
- (transitive) To lose remembrance of.
- I have forgotten most of the things I learned in school.
- 1922, Margery Williams, The Velveteen Rabbit
- 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.
- (intransitive) To cease remembering.
- Let's just forget about it.
- (Can we verify(+) this sense?) (slang) euphemism for fuck, damn
- Forget you!
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[edit] Usage notes
- In sense 1 and 3 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
[edit] Translations
to lose remembrance of
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to unintentionally not do
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to cease remembering
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[edit] References
- forget in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- forget in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
[edit] Statistics
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Most common English words before 1923: author · authority · pleasant · #861: forget · break · Roman · wise
