Dictionary Definition
forget
Verb
1 dismiss from the mind; stop remembering; "i
tried to bury these unpleasant memories" [syn: bury] [ant: remember]
2 be unable to remember; "I'm drawing a blank";
"You are blocking the name of your first wife!" [syn: block, blank out,
draw a
blank] [ant: remember]
3 forget to do something; "Don't forget to call
the chairman of the board to the meeting!" [ant: mind]
4 leave behind unintentionally; "I forgot my
umbrella in the restaurant"; "I left my keys inside the car and
locked the doors" [syn: leave] [also: forgotten, forgot, forgetting]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Etymology
Old English forġietanPronunciation
- /ˈfoːget/, /"fo:get/
Verb
- To lose remembrance of.
- I have forgotten most of the things I learned in school.
- To unintentionally not
do.
- I forgot to buy flowers for my wife at our 14th wedding anniversary.
- To cease remembering.
- Let's just forget about it.
- euphemism for
fuck
- Forget you!
Usage notes
- 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
Translations
to lose remembrance of
to unintentionally not do
to cease remembering
translations to be checked
- ttbc Basque: ahaztu
- ttbc Catalan: oblidar
- ttbc Dutch: vergeten
- ttbc Indonesian: lupa, alpa, lalai, melupakan
- ttbc Italian: dimenticare (1), dimenticare di fare (forget to do), dimenticare come si fa (forget how to do), scordare (1,2), dimenticarsi (3), scordarsi (3)
- ttbc Kurdish:
- ttbc Mongolian: мартах (martakh)
- ttbc Portuguese: esquecer
- ttbc Romanian: a uita
- ttbc Spanish: olvidar
- ttbc Telugu: మరచిపోవు (marachipoavu) (1, 2, 3)
References
Extensive Definition
Forget may refer to:
- Amédée E. Forget, Canadian lawyer and politician
- Claude Forget, Canadian politician
- Guy Forget, former French tennis player
- Louis-Joseph Forget, Canadian businessman and politician
- Maud Forget, French actress
- Michel Forget, Canadian actor
- Monique Jérôme-Forget, Canadian psychologist and politician
- Rodolphe Forget, Canadian business investor, stockbroker and politician
- Forget, Ontario, a community in Ontario, Canada
- Forget, Saskatchewan, a village in Saskatchewan, Canada
- Saint-Forget, a commune in the Yvelines department, in France
forget in French: Forget
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
abandon, blink at, blow up,
brush aside, brush off, bury the hatchet, charge off, charge to
experience, consign to oblivion, discount, dismiss, disregard, draw a blank, drop
the subject, fail, fluff, forget about it, forget it,
forgive and forget, ignore, lay aside, leave behind,
let it go, let it pass, let slip, lose, lose sight of, not remember,
omit, overlook, overpass, push aside, put
aside, set aside, shrug off, slight, sneeze at, think nothing
of, thrust aside, turn away from, write off