Forgetting
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /fəˈɡɛtɪŋ/ · Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Forgetting is a verb meaning present participle and gerund of forget.
Meaning
present participle and gerund of forget.
More Meanings
- The mental act by which something is forgotten.
Example Sentences
This inability to articulate a complete description can be thought of as of a "piece" with human finitude; the limits, deaths, and forgettings, the "off switches" that also comprise the human narrative.
Jelliffe […] asks again and again […] how it was possible for an illness which had been described unmistakably innumerable times to be 'forgotten' anew by each generation. Such forgettings are as dangerous as they are mysterious, for they give us an unwarranted sense of security.
Word Forms
- forgettings
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include ignoring, oblivion, losing, unlearning, remembering, mentioning.
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