Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- v. To be unable to remember (something).
- v. To treat with thoughtless inattention; neglect: forget one's family.
- v. To leave behind unintentionally.
- v. To fail to mention.
- v. To banish from one's thoughts: forget a disgrace.
- v. Informal To disregard on purpose. Usually used in the imperative: Oh, forget it. I refuse to go!
- v. To cease remembering: Let's forgive and forget.
- v. To fail or neglect to become aware at the proper or specified moment: forgot about my dental appointment.
- idiom. forget (oneself) To lose one's reserve, temper, or self-restraint.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- To lose, temporarily or permanently, the power of recalling to consciousness (something once known or thought of); permit to pass, for a time or forever, from the mind; cease or fail to remember.
- Figuratively, to overlook or neglect in any way; fail to take thought of; lose care for.
- n. In glove-making, same as fourchette, 2.
Wiktionary
- v. transitive To lose remembrance of.
- v. transitive To unintentionally not do, neglect.
- v. intransitive To cease remembering.
- v. slang euphemism for fuck, screw (a mild oath).
GNU Webster's 1913
- v. To lose the remembrance of; to let go from the memory; to cease to have in mind; not to think of; also, to lose the power of; to cease from doing.
- v. To treat with inattention or disregard; to slight; to neglect.
WordNet 3.0
- v. be unable to remember
- v. leave behind unintentionally
- v. dismiss from the mind; stop remembering
- v. forget to do something
Etymologies
- From Middle English forgeten, forgiten, forȝeten, forȝiten, from Old English forġietan ("to forget"), from Proto-Germanic *fragetanan (“to give up, forget”), equivalent to for- + get. Cognate with Scots forget, forȝet ("to forget"), West Frisian ferjitte, forjitte ("to forget"), Dutch vergeten ("to forget"), German vergessen ("to forget"), Swedish förgäta ("to forget"). (Wiktionary)
- Middle English forgeten, from Old English forgietan; see ghend- in Indo-European roots. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“It threatened even to make him _forget_ that he was for the moment Smarlinghue -- forget what, as Smarlinghue,”
“I never thought I would agree with a Keynesian like Paul Krugeman but his op-ed today Forgive in forget is an important read that many have already dsicussed.”
Obama Says ‘Dramatic Action’ Needed to Improve Economy - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com
“What the republicans seem to "forget" is that 1.3 million jobs were lost during the last year of the Bush administration.”
“What a lot of conservatives forget is that their answer and the libertarian answer is not quite the same; once a conservative is convinced that government intervention is acceptable or even laudable he will enthusiastically support it*.”
Liberal Mask Slipping Watch, Libertarian Edition. | RedState
“And what a lot of libertarians forget is that while “No” and “Probably not” are not quite the same, “No” and “Yes” will never be the same; even in places where the results would be the same the process is significantly different**.”
Liberal Mask Slipping Watch, Libertarian Edition. | RedState
“Which you yet again forget I'm quite happy with in a fundamental sense. olegt,”
“I forget, is Palin a person or a cartoon character? ib”
“It's easy for us civilians to sit on our butts and criticize him for not immediately sending more troops, but what some seem to forget is that many of our troops are already serving their 3rd, 4th, even 5th tours in Iraq & Afghanistan.”
“While Palin points to some things that could be debated further (maybe changed, maybe not), the point she and most people forget is one point of which I had to remind a politician a short while ago.”
“What most also forget is that taxpayers are already paying for the medical expenses of the uninsured through higher insurance premiums (some can't afford it, some can't even get insured due to pre existing conditions).”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘forget’.
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FUN - Beatles song titles
Typical words from Beatles song titles. Can you recreate the titles?
(Grammatical words have been omitted)polythene, Sun King, rhythm and blues, taxman, tripper, monkey business, mailman, matchbox, rock and roll, ooh, blue jay, reprise and 388 more...
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Figuratively
Words with definitions containing "figuratively."
spore, plunge, fulminate, rasp, hinge, niche, breathe, approach, hammer, rain, butcher, dazzle and 132 more...
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Don't Forget
Forgetting words & remembrance words.
to bear in mind, disremember, mind, oubliette, recollect, forget, oblivion, lethe, amnesia, mnemonic, retain, recall and 1 more...
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Glove-making
Words from the art of making gloves.
trank, fourchette, mocha, forget, forgette, welt, doeskin, cheveril, kid, sallow, mousquetaire, berlin and 1 more...
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Serendipity's Words
defenestration, mercurial, syzygy, wicked, iniquitous, metastable, demimonde, entropic, ephemeral, irreligious, frisbee, manifold and 474 more...
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♥
ambrosia, inamorata, gossamer, lily-white, hummingbird, roucoulement, poppy, daisy, calypso, lunula, lamb, dove and 1526 more...
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Twitter favorites
The new favourite words of people on Twitter.
A script searches Twitter for "X is my new favorite word" and adds it to this list.
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unfathomably, glice, cuh, fab, ciggaty, doll, thuggin, oxymoronic, pineapple, succubutt, griming, cheeky and 2369 more... -
eggplantia5's Words
scintillate, marvel, cranberry, oscillate, triumph, bamboozle, grimace, magical, book, hexagon, cipher, compendium and 2727 more...
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Two years
Okay, I admit it. I made a list of words my daughter knew when she was two years old.
bat, baba, a, abalone, about, acorn, adrienne, after, again, airplane, alison, all and 694 more...
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Basic English Vocabulary
Very basic words for ESL students.
a, abandon, ability, able, abortion, about, above, abroad, absence, absolute, absolutely, absorb and 4334 more...
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The things they carried (List 2)
Listening to this as an audio book for the second time. Tim O'Brien uses simple words and phrases to great effect. Very few unfamilar and big words . The writing style reminds me of words from Joh...
The, Things, They, Carried, meant, fond, By necessity,, presented to him, far beyond, against the brick..., reaching, taut and 2940 more...
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Lizbt's Words
monkey, kitten, puppy, computer, screen, dalek, tardis, cute, dark, cotton, chocolate, sunshine and 125 more...
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Place Names Of Distinction
These are all names of real places. The focus is on towns, mountains, rivers etc. but I will consider streets. Streets are even wackier so if there's enough good'uns ... yep, another list :-)
malino, yoshkar-ola, cae onan, krakatoa, gulfoss, perusia, camooweal, manangatang, utopia, bastardo, condom, zumstein and 324 more...
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eloise's Words
embrace, perfect, imagine, dance, water, color, echo, hollow, sorrow, beauty, impossible, violet and 438 more...
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Enchancey.
naturally, easily, unlimited, aware, realizing, experiencing, before, during, after, among, expand, beyond and 31 more...
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love
love love love
sleepless, dreams, restless, heartache, liebe, feelings, thoughts, death, lifeless, sad, sadness, pain and 45 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for forget.
bilby A town in Saskatchewan, Canada, named after Amédée E. ... ummm ... err ... now let me see ... Jan 3, 2008