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Forget

[fer-get]

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verb (used with object)

to cease or fail to remember; be unable to recall: to forget someone's name.

to omit or neglect unintentionally: I forgot to shut the window before leaving.

to leave behind unintentionally; neglect to take: to forget one's keys.

to omit mentioning; leave unnoticed.

to fail to think of; take no note of.

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to neglect willfully; disregard or slight.

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verb (used without object)

to cease or omit to think of something.

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Idiom

forget oneself, to say or do something improper or unbefitting one's rank, position, or character.

Origin:
before 900; for- + get; replacing Middle English foryeten, Old English forg(i)etan; cognate with Old Saxon fargetan, Old High German firgezzan

Related forms

for·get·ta·ble, adjective

for·get·ter, noun

un·for·get·ting, adjective

Usage note
Both forgot and forgotten are used as the past participle of forget: Many have already forgot (or forgotten) the hard times of the Depression. Only forgotten is used attributively: half-forgotten memories.

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Example Sentences

Tehran is clearly hoping the world will either forget or acquiesce.

It's the gunk that collects on the sides of a fish tank when you forget to clean it.

We must never forget that it is our duty to protect this environment.

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Tehran is clearly hoping the world will either forget or acquiesce.

It's the gunk that collects on the sides of a fish tank when you forget to clean it.

We must never forget that it is our duty to protect this environment.

Young brains can forget painful memories, but old ones tend not to.

And if it's awful, you try to forget it as soon as possible.

Forget going overseas to fulfill your fixer-upper farmhouse fantasies.

Forget whitewater canoeing or scuba diving among sharks.

Indeed, the ability to forget is in some ways as important as the ability to remember.

Many of those nonprofit groups forget that we're nonprofit, too.

In the aftermath of fighting or repression, people are often told to forget things.

Chimpanzees may not forget a familiar face-or a behind, a new study says.

Psychiatry causes humans to forget more and more how valuable life really is.

Forget about bomb-sniffing dogs or cats that travel miles to get home.

You'll never forget the moment you got it or who you bought it from,” she says.

Don't forget to check out previous years' gift guides.

New signs in the forest won't let you forget that fact.

But it's easy to forget that you've been through the first week of the term before.

The desire to forget one's troubles may be stymied by having less money to do it.

Comb your hair and don't forget to clean behind your ears.

Forget valves--controlling fluids with electric fields.

Take plenty of bait, don't forget your bucket and stay warm.

There are numerous still rosés, but don't forget about sparkling ones.

Don't forget to read all of the material supplied by the grant agency.

He had to leave ignominiously from a side door-an end to his fourth government that he will not lightly forgive or forget.

Treat your family to a winter getaway no one will ever forget.

Forget turning out the lights to give jumping spiders privacy for mating.

If the sweltering summer heat has you itching to hit the road, don't forget your camera.

Forget all those fish in the big tanks near the entrance.

Or better yet, forget you ever knew these forums existed, and don't let yourself get consumed by the unhealthy anxiety here.

And if you want a set of compatible results from different sources, forget it.

Don't forget to create a color-coded key to go with your map.

Yet people still forget to take their medication, and drug levels in the bloodstream surge and sink with each dose.

And don't forget to pack your camera and lace up a sturdy pair of walking boots.

Don't forget to pack a heatproof brush for basting the chicken, too.

But he won't easily forget one thing about the candidates: their spouses.

Don't forget to print a submission form and have your parent or guardian sign it.

We'll forget all those stats that experts tell us, but we'll retain a good story forever.

Don't forget to rest your feet and enjoy a cool beverage in the working, colonial tavern.

Those who forget their historical presidents are condemned to repeat their mistakes.

She would rather protect the dog and forget about the family, which was mind-blowing to me.

We overlook big things, forget details, conflate events.

Will never forget that day, along with millions of others.

Forget dark matter: even the supposedly normal matter of the universe is mysterious enough.

It's easy to forget these are not places one can actually visit.

They move too slowly, forget things and are inflexible.

What sucks is when you forget to ask their timeline.

Yet it would be wrong for companies to conclude that they can forget about trying to be good.

Forget leaving notes on the fridge or carrying a laptop to the kitchen as you attempt to make scallops for dinner.

Otherwise, if your time is precious because you are on a tenure track, forget it.

Forget greedy borrowers, napping regulators or global economic imbalances.

Why some people are more likely to forget traumatic events.

The portraits are so beautiful, it's easy to forget that each subject could kill hundreds of thousands.

Try to forget about it and get on with your life while you're waiting.

Forget about flat-the world of business is turning upside down.

Forget those so-called survivors battling for bucks on glorified game shows.

Forget bleach: this bug may be the key to whiter whites.

Don't forget the half-and-half onion rings, sweet potato fries, and a vanilla malt.

Forget the traditional jewelry weapon of choice, the sovereign ring.

Forget rural living unless you wish to spend hours in gridlock.

What his critics forget is that this is only a small part of a huge effort to curb the epidemic.

Forget the flatiron: a two-step developmental mechanism orients and organizes hairs into place.

Once the thing got into your head you couldn't forget it….

Forget the cameo role at parties--make sparking rosé the main star.

It's easy to forget that some folks who want to play videogames simply can't.

Then forget about them, or increase their levels a bit when you get pay increases.

Forget the old obsession with products and technology, he insists.

And don't forget to group together plants with similar watering needs into specific zones.

Familiarity with an idea makes some people more likely to forget where it came from-and confuse fact with fiction.

Don't forget to take a picture with the giant badminton birdies on the front lawn.

Forget performance-enhancing drugs for soldiers, the next frontier is performance-degrading drugs for our enemies.

And don't forget to check our website for the calendar of upcoming stories.

Forget about sapphires, cornflowers or even the sky-nature's finest blue is glacier blue.

If there is then a prolonged dry spell or if you forget to water, the root system won't be able to.

Forget squeezing millions from a few megahits at the top of the charts.

And don't forget that the cast of characters changes.

We leave lights on needlessly, keep the home thermostat cranked up with the windows open, forget to turn.

He would forget almost immediately that he'd done any of the tests.

He wants people to adopt a frog and forget the widely used chemical controls.

Forget flying cars and the carnage they would wreak.

No visitor can ever forget viewing the city from on high for the first time.

Don't forget to water plants growing under house eaves where rain doesn't reach.

Forget robotic spy planes, drone fighter-bombers and self-landing orbital snoops saboteurs laboratories.

Students leave some blank intending to go back and then forget or miss a question when they go back.

Don't forget to check out our new whiteboard content, too.

Don't forget to move your clocks forward this weekend.

You've heard about getting back to nature to forget the press of the daily grind.

None of us who worked at the university was allowed to forget that.

Forget the traditional bloated dinner tab, the palatial dining rooms filled with gilded furnishings.

And then don't forget to be more careful in the days after you adjust your clocks.

But let's not forget the linchpin accessory for the schoolyard fashionista-the lunchbox.

Just do your best on the application, and then forget about it and move on.

Don't forget to wear gloves when you do this, and wash your hands thoroughly after handling the trash.

Conversely, blocking it might help people with post-traumatic stress disorder to forget a damaging experience.

Oh, and let's not forget decorating bulletin boards.

Belly has no clue what the end of this summer may bring but in the end it's a summer she will never forget.

And when not at work you forget about work and make your life meaningful.

Yet scholars worry that some students may forget that fluency does not equal understanding.

Oh, and dont forget the stump remover and confectioners sugar needed for the homemade rocket fuel.

Of course, one alternative is to forget about it altogether and let my work convince them to take me seriously.

Don't forget to swot up the history of the particular province you're in.

It would appear that unless you have perfect vision you can forget about a future in space travel.

Don't forget to include some money for student salaries.

On that note, don't forget flip-flops or some other simple, slip-on shoe for precisely those occasions expatinuk lists.

Forget the neon, pseudo-punk graphics and trick sticks flooding the snowboard industry.

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World English Dictionary

forget (fəˈɡɛt)

—vb , archaic, dialect -gets, -getting, -got, -gotten, -got
1.	(when tr, may take a clause as object or an infinitive) to fail to recall (someone or something once known); be unable to remember
2.	(tr; may take a clause as object or an infinitive) to neglect, usually as the result of an unintentional error
3.	(tr) to leave behind by mistake
4.	(tr) to disregard intentionally
5.	(when tr, may take a clause as object) to fail to mention
6.	forget oneself
	a. to act in an improper manner
	b. to be unselfish
	c. to be deep in thought
7.	forget it! an exclamation of annoyed or forgiving dismissal of a matter or topic

[Old English forgietan; related to Old Frisian forgeta, Old Saxon fargetan, Old High German firgezzan]

for'gettable

—*adj*

for'getter

—n

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Word Origin & History

forget

O.E. forgytan, from for- "passing by, letting go" (cf. forbear, forgo) + gietan "to grasp" (see get). A common Gmc. construction (cf. O.S. fargetan, Du. vergeten, Ger. vergessen "to forget"). The literal sense would be "to lose (one's) grip on," but that is not recorded in any

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Germanic language. Related: Forgetting; forgot; forgotten.

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American Heritage

Idioms & Phrases

forget

In addition to the idiom beginning with forget, also see forgive and forget.