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forget
English
Etymology
From Middle English forgeten, forgiten, foryeten, for?iten, from Old English for?ietan (“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, for?et (“to forget”),
- West Frisian fergette, ferjitte, forjitte (“to forget”),
- Dutch vergeten (“to forget”),
- German vergessen (“to forget”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /f????t/, (less commonly:) /f?????t/
- (General American) IPA(key): /f????t/, (less commonly:) /f?????t/
- Rhymes: -?t
- Hyphenation: for?get
Verb
forget (third-person singular simple present forgets, present participle forgetting, simple past forgot or (archaic) forgat, past participle forgotten or (rare) forgot)
- (transitive) To lose remembrance of.
- 1922, Margery Williams, The Velveteen Rabbit
- 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.
- 1922, Margery Williams, The Velveteen Rabbit
- (transitive) To unintentionally not do, neglect.
- (transitive) To unintentionally leave something behind.
- (intransitive) To cease remembering.
- (slang) Euphemism for fuck, screw (a mild oath).
Usage notes
- In sense 1 and 4 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
Synonyms
- obliviate, overlook, pass over, disremember
Antonyms
- acquire, learn, mind, recall, recollect, remember, reminisce
Derived terms
Translations
References
- forget in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- forget in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
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forges
English
Noun
forges
- plural of forge
Anagrams
- gofers
Catalan
Verb
forges
- second-person singular present indicative form of forjar
French
Verb
forges
- second-person singular present indicative of forger
- second-person singular present subjunctive of forger
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