forget
Verb
Verb Forms: forgot, forgat, forgotten, forgetting, forgets
- To fail to recall or remember information or an event.
- dismiss from the mind; stop remembering
- be unable to remember
- forget to do something
- "Don't forget to call the chairman of the board to the meeting!"
- leave behind unintentionally
- To lose remembrance of.
- To unintentionally not do, neglect.
- To unintentionally leave something behind.
- To cease remembering.
- To not realize something (regardless of whether one has ever known it).
- Euphemism for fuck, screw (a mild oath).
Examples
- Forget you!
- He forgot having already visited this city.
- I forgot my car keys in the living room.
- I forgot to buy flowers for my wife at our 14th wedding anniversary.
- I have forgotten most of the things I learned in school.
- Let's just forget I ever told you anything about it.
- Never FORGET to look for two-letter words; they can save a game of Words With Friends.
- People forget how much work goes into what we do.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English forgeten, forgiten, foryeten, forȝiten, from Old English forġietan (“to forget”) [influenced by Old Norse geta ("to get, to guess")], from Proto-West Germanic *fragetan (“to give up, forget”). Equivalent to for- + get.
Cognate with :
* Scots forget, forȝet (“to forget”),
* West Frisian fergette, ferjitte, forjitte (“to forget”),
* Dutch vergeten (“to forget”),
* German vergessen (“to forget”).
Synonyms
blank out, block, bury, draw a blank, leave, disremember, forget, obliviate, overlook, pass over
Scrabble Score: 10
forget: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordforget: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
forget: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary