Definition of FORGET

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 Word
forget: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
forget: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 11

forget: valid Words With Friends Word