forget
/fɚˈɡɛt/ verb A1- To lose remembrance of. · I have forgotten most of the things I learned in school.
- To unintentionally not do, neglect. · I forgot to buy flowers for my wife at our 14th wedding anniversary.
- To unintentionally leave something behind. · I forgot my car keys in the living room.
- To cease remembering. · Let's just forget I ever told you anything about it.· He forgot having already visited this city.
- To not realize something (regardless of whether one has ever known it). · People forget how much work goes into what we do.
- Euphemism for fuck, screw (a mild oath). · Forget this, I'm done!
He/she/it forgets · Past forgot · Past participle forgotten · -ing form forgetting
Verb forms
- Base form
- forget
- He/she/it
- forgets
- Past
- forgot
- Past participle
- forgotten
- -ing form
- forgetting
An irregular verb: learn its past and past participle by heart.
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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Villefort’s first impression was favorable; but he had been so often warned to mistrust first impulses, that he applied the maxim to the impression, forgetting the difference between the two words.
The Monkeys at the sight of the nuts forgot their dancing and became (as indeed they were) Monkeys instead of actors.
“True, Dantès, I forgot that there was at the Catalans someone who expects you no less impatiently than your father—the lovely Mercédès.”
Her eyes closed in spite of herself and she forgot where she was and fell among the poppies, fast asleep.
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