forget
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English forgeten, forgiten, forȝeten, forȝiten, from Old English forġietan (“to forget”), from Proto-Germanic *fragetaną (“to give up, forget”), equivalent to for- + get. Cognate with Scots forget, forȝet (“to forget”), West Frisian ferjitte, forjitte (“to forget”), Dutch vergeten (“to forget”), German vergessen (“to forget”), Swedish förgäta (“to forget”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (UK) IPA(key): /fəˈɡɛt/
- (US) IPA(key): /fɚˈɡɛt/, /fɔɹˈɡɛt/, /fəˈɡɛt/
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Verb[edit]
forget (third-person singular simple present forgets, present participle forgetting, simple past forgot or (archaic) forgat, past participle forgotten or (rarely) forgot)
- (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.
- (slang) euphemism for fuck, screw (a mild oath).
- Forget you!
Usage notes[edit]
- 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
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Antonyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Terms derived from forget
Translations[edit]
to lose remembrance of
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to unintentionally not do
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to cease remembering
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References[edit]
- forget in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- forget in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
Statistics[edit]
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Most common English words before 1923: author · authority · pleasant · #861: forget · break · Roman · wise
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