forget

Definition of forget in English English dictionary: To cease remembering
Let's just forget about it.; To lose remembrance of
For at least two hours the Boy loved him, and then Aunts and Uncles came to dinner, and there was a great rustling of tissue paper and unwrapping of parcels, and in the excitement of looking at all the new presents the Velveteen Rabbit was forgotten.; To unintentionally not do, neglect
I forgot to buy flowers for my wife at our 14th wedding anniversary.; euphemism for fuck, damn
Forget you!.; {v} not to think of, to neglect, to slight; If you forget something or someone, you deliberately put them out of your mind and do not think about them any more. I hope you will forget the bad experience you had today I found it very easy to forget about Sumner She tried to forget that sometimes she heard them quarrelling; You say not forgetting a particular thing or person when you want to include them in something that you have already talked about. The first thing is to support as many shows as one can, not forgetting the small local ones; If you forget something that you had intended to bring with you, you do not bring it because you did not think about it at the right time. Once when we were going to Paris, I forgot my passport; If you forget something or forget how to do something, you cannot think of it or think how to do it, although you knew it or knew how to do it in the past. Sometimes I improvise and change the words because I forget them She forgot where she left the car and it took us two days to find it. remember; leave behind unintentionally; "I forgot my umbrella in the restaurant"; "I left my keys inside the car and locked the doors"; If you forget something or forget to do it, you fail to think about it or fail to remember to do it, for example because you are thinking about other things. She never forgets her daddy's birthday She forgot to lock her door one day and two men got in Don't forget that all dogs need a supply of fresh water to drink She forgot about everything but the sun and the wind and the salt spray. remember; 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; {f} fail to remember, be unable to recall; forget to do something; "Don't forget to call the chairman of the board to the meeting!; forget to do something; "Don't forget to call the chairman of the board to the meeting!"; To unintentionally not do; be unable to remember; "I'm drawing a blank"; "You are blocking the name of your first wife!" dismiss from the mind; stop remembering; "i tried to bury these unpleasant memories" leave behind unintentionally; "I forgot my umbrella in the restaurant"; "I left my keys inside the car and locked the doors" forget to do something; "Don't forget to call the chairman of the board to the meeting!; dismiss from the mind; stop remembering; "i tried to bury these unpleasant memories"; To treat with inattention or disregard; to slight; to neglect; be unable to remember; "I'm drawing a blank"; "You are blocking the name of your first wife!"; formulae You say `Forget it' in reply to someone as a way of telling them not to worry or bother about something, or as an emphatic way of saying no to a suggestion. `Sorry, Liz. I think I was a bit rude to you.' --- `Forget it, but don't do it again!' `You want more?' roared Claire. `Forget it, honey.'
forget it: It doesn't matter
What were you saying? Oh, it was nothing important – forget it..
forget it: I don't want to continue with this conversation (usually used in frustration or anger)
It's raining. I said, It's raining. Do you hear me? It's raining! Oh, forget it!.
forget it: Used a conventional reply to an expression of gratitude
Thank you so much! How can I repay you for your kindness? Forget it; it was nothing..
forget-me-not: A genus of flowering plants of the genus Myosotis, mostly with a small 5-petalled blue flower
forget it: never mind, skip it, get it out of your mind
forget oneself: lose one's self-control or temper, lose one's head, lose one's senses
forget-me-not: type of flower
forget-me-not: small perennial herb having bright blue or white flowers
forget-me-not: A forget-me-not is a small plant with tiny blue flowers. a small plant with pale blue flowers. Any of about 50 species of plants that make up the genus Myosotis, in the borage family, native to temperate Eurasia and North America and to mountains of the Old World tropics. Some are favoured as garden plants for their clusters of blue flowers. The woods forget-me-not (M. sylvatica), like most other species, changes colour from pink to blue as the tubular, flaring, five-lobed flower matures
forgive and forget: Absolve completely for a past wrongdoing; pardon with neither resentment nor a view to retribution
'Not long before he died, the old man disowned him. Then a year and a half ago mom forgave and forgot.'.
forgive and forget: pardon someone and not hold a grudge
fire and forget: missile guidance system which does not require further control after launch, and can hit its target without the launcher being in line of sight of the target
forgetful: unable to remember things well; liable to forget
forgetfulness: The quality of being forgetful; proneness to let slip from the mind
forgetter: one who forgets, fails to remember or do something
forgotten: Of which knowledge has been lost, which is no longer remembered
lest we forget: Used in Remembrance Day ceremonies as a caution against forgetting those who died in war
lest we forget: Used on ANZAC Day memorials in remembrance of those who fell in the First World War
forgot: Forgot is the past tense of forget. the past tense of forget
Forgetfulness: obliviscence
forgetful: {a} not remembering, careless, heedless
forgetfulness: {n} inattention, carelessness
forgot: {a} not remembered, dropped
forgotten: {a} not remembered, dropped
To forget: foryete
cape forget-me-not: anchusa of southern Africa having blue flowers with white throats anchusa of southern Africa having blue to red-purple flowers
chinese forget-me-not: biennial east Asian herb grown for its usually bright blue flowers
forgetful: not retentive
forgetful: failing to keep in mind; "forgetful of her responsibilities"; "oblivious old age
forgetful: Causing to forget; inducing oblivion; oblivious
forgetful: Heedless; careless; neglectful; inattentive
forgetful: {s} tending to forget; careless, thoughtless
forgetful: failing to keep in mind; "forgetful of her responsibilities"; "oblivious old age"
forgetful: Someone who is forgetful often forgets things. My mother has become very forgetful and confused recently. = absent-minded. often forgetting things
forgetful: Apt to forget; easily losing remembrance; as, a forgetful man should use helps to strengthen his memory
forgetful: not mindful or attentive; "while thus unmindful of his steps he stumbled"- G B Shaw
forgetfully: in a forgetful manner; "she is getting old and acts forgetfully
forgetfully: In a forgetful manner
forgetfully: in a forgetful manner; carelessly, thoughtlessly
forgetfulness: tendency to forget unawareness caused by neglectful or heedless failure to remember; "his forgetfulness increased as he grew older
forgetfulness: Loss of remembrance or recollection; a ceasing to remember; oblivion
forgetfulness: unawareness caused by neglectful or heedless failure to remember; "his forgetfulness increased as he grew older"
forgetfulness: The quality of being forgetful; prononess to let slip from the mind
forgetfulness: Failure to bear in mind; careless omission; inattention; as, forgetfulness of duty
forgetfulness: {i} tendency to forget; carelessness, disregard; thoughtlessness
forgetfulness: tendency to forget
forgets: third-person singular of forget
forgetter: One who forgets; a heedless person
forgetting: The inability to recall information that was once available (Solso)
forgetting: present participle of forget
forgetting: The inability to recall a past experience
forgetting: The inability to recall from memory some desired piece of information Forgetting occurs when either the retrieval or the response generation process breaks down
forgot: simple past of forget
forgot: of Forget
forgotten: not noticed inadvertently; "her aching muscles forgotten she danced all night"; "he was scolded for his forgotten chores"
forgotten: past participle of forget
forgotten: no longer known; irretrievable; "a forgotten art"; "a lost art"; "lost civilizations"
forgotten: {s} not recalled, having disappeared from memory; unintentionally neglected, omitted
forgotten: Forgotten is the past participle of forget. the past participle of forget. that people have forgotten about or do not pay much attention to
forgotten: of Forget
forgotten: no longer known; irretrievable; "a forgotten art"; "a lost art"; "lost civilizations
garden forget-me-not: small biennial to perennial herb of Europe, northern Africa and western Asia having blue, purple or white flowers
hard to forget: difficult to remove from one's memory
tough to forget: hard to forget, almost impossible to forget
will never forget: will always remember, will not forget for my entire life

forget

Hyphenation

for·get

Turkish pronunciation

fôrget

Synonyms

overlook, passover, blow, clean forget, consign to oblivion, dismiss from mind, disremember, draw a blank, escape one’s memory, fail to remember, let slip from memory, lose consciousness of, lose sight of, misrecollect, obliterate

Antonyms

remember, recollect, recall, reminisce, acquire, learn, mind, carry, take

Pronunciation

/fôrˈget/ /fɔːrˈɡɛt/

Etymology

[ f&r-get, for- ] (verb.) before 12th century. Middle English forgeten, foryiten (“to forget”) from Old English forġietan (“to forget”). More at for- +‎ get.