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forget

/fəˈɡɛt/

Meanings
  • Verb

    To fail to remember; make unconscious or inactive; cease to keep in the mind.

    - "I forgot my keys at home."
    - "He forgot her name after only a few minutes."
    - "The student forgot all the information for the exam."
  • Verb

    Allow (someone) to do something, typically a mistake or an oversight, unpunished.

    - "The boss forgot to give me the project report."
    - "My friend forgot to invite me to the party."
    - "The teacher forgot to assign homework for the week."

Pronunciation
  1. /fɚˈɡɛt/



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Antonyms

acquire , learn , mind , recall , recollect , remember , reminisce
Synonyms

disremember , obliviate , overlook , pass over
Rhymes
Words rhyming with forget
deplete , complete , melt , replete
Homophones
Words having the same pronunciation but different meanings, origins, or spelling,
  1. Forget-me-not () :


Variants
List of all variants of forget that leads to same result
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Forms
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forgets, forgetting, forgotten


Etymology
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Old English forgeatan, from for- 'past' + geogan 'drive, push'.


Trivia
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  1. The word 'forget' appears in the Bible 11 times.

  2. The longest word in English that can be formed using the letters in the word 'forget' is 'unforgettable'.

  3. The first recorded use of the word 'forget' in English was in the year 1200.


Related Concepts
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  1. Memory: The mental faculty of retaining and recalling past experiences and information.

  2. Amnesia: A condition in which a person cannot remember past experiences due to damage or disease in the brain.


Culture
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In literature, forget is often used as a theme in poetry and novels, representing the human condition of impermanent memory and the passing of time. In music, forget is a common theme in ballads and love songs.

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