Forget

Quick meaning: Forget is a verb meaning (transitive) To lose remembrance of.

Meaning

(transitive) To lose remembrance of.

More Meanings

1. (transitive) To unintentionally not do, neglect.
2. (transitive) To unintentionally leave something behind.
3. (intransitive) To cease remembering.
4. (transitive, loosely, informal) To not realize something (regardless of whether one has ever known it).
5. (slang) Euphemism for fuck, screw (a mild oath).

Example Sentences

I have forgotten most of the things I learned in school.

I forgot to buy flowers for my wife at our 14th wedding anniversary.

Everybody, old and young, laughs uproariously at this and immediately forgets all about it.

Technical terms like ferrite, perlite, graphite, and hardenite were bandied to and fro, and when Paget glibly brought out such a rare exotic as ferro-molybdenum, Benson forgot that he was a master ship-builder,[…]

Word Forms

• forgets
• forgetting
• forgot
• forgat
• forgotten

Synonyms for forget

Depending on context, synonyms include obliviate, overlook, disremember, block, bury, leave.

Antonyms for forget

Common opposites include acquire, learn, mind, recall, recollect, remember.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include leave, bury, block, ignore, disregard, neglect.

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