forget
Syllables: for·get/fəˈɡɛt//fɚˈɡɛt/
forget verb: to lose remembrance of.
Verb
forget (third-person singular simple present forgets, present participle forgetting, simple past forgot or (obsolete) forgat, past participle forgotten or (archaic or colloquial) forgot)
- To lose remembrance of.
- I have forgotten most of the things I learned in school.
- VVe (of all earthlings) are Gods vtmoſt ſubiects, the laſt (in a manner) that he bought to his obedience: ſhal we then forgette that vvee are any ſubiects of hys, becauſe (as amongſt his Angels) he is not viſibly conuerſant amongſt vs?1593, Tho[mas] Nashe, Christs Teares Over Ierusalem. […], London: […] Iames Roberts, and are to be solde by Andrewe Wise, […], →OCLC, folio 60, verso
- To unintentionally not do, neglect.
- I forgot to buy flowers for my wife at our 14th wedding anniversary.
- Pray, thou, therefore, to Slid, and forget not Slid, and it may be that Slid will not forget to send thee Death when most thou needest it.1905, Lord Dunsany [i.e., Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany], The Gods of Pegāna, London: [Charles] Elkin Mathews, […], →OCLC
- To unintentionally leave something behind.
- I forgot my car keys in the living room.
- To cease remembering.
- Let's just forget I ever told you anything about it.
- He forgot having already visited this city.
- Synonyms:
- leave behind
- To not realize something (regardless of whether one has ever known it).
- People forget how much work goes into what we do.
- Euphemism for fuck, screw (a mild oath).
- Forget this, I'm done!
Proper noun capitalized: Forget
Forget (plural Forgets)
- A surname.
forget meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
forget in Hindi
- to lose remembrance of
- भूलना bhūlnā, भूल जाना bhūl jānā
forget in Tamil
- to lose remembrance of
- மற maṟa
forget in Marathi
- to lose remembrance of
- विसरणे visarṇe
forget in Urdu
- to lose remembrance of
- بھولنا bhūlnā, بھول جانا bhūl jānā
More languagesFewer languages
- forget in Bengali
- ভুলে যাওয়া bhule jaōẇa
- forget in Telugu
- మరచిపోవు maracipōvu
- forget in Malayalam
- മറക്കുക maṟakkuka
- forget in Kannada
- ಮರೆ, ಮರಪು, ನೆನಪಿಲ್ಲದೆ ಹೋಗು, ಜ್ಞಾಪಕ ಕಳೆದುಕೊ
- forget in Punjabi
- ਭੁੱਲਣਾ bhullaṇā, بُھلّݨا bhullṇā
- forget in Gujarati
- ભૂલવું bhūlvũ
- forget in Odia
- ଭୁଲିଯିବାକୁ
- forget in Sanskrit
- मृष्यति mṛṣyati, विस्मरति vismarati
- forget in Sinhala
- අමතක වෙනවා amataka wenawā
- forget in Assamese
- পাহৰ pahor, পাহৰি যা pahori za
- forget in Nepali
- बिर्सनु birsanu, भुल्नु bhulnu
- forget in Pashto
- هېرول herawᶕl, له ياده ايستل layãdaistǝ́l, له ياده وتل layãdawatǝ́l
- forget in Tagalog
- makalimutan, kalimutan
- forget in Arabic
- نَسِيَ nasiya
- forget in Malay
- lupa
- forget in Indonesian
- lupa
- forget in Persian
- فراموش کردن farâmuš kardan, از یاد بردن az yâd bordan
- forget in Thai
- ลืม lʉʉm
- forget in Vietnamese
- quên
- forget in Myanmar
- မေ့ me., ဖြေဖျောက် hprehpyauk
- Kashmiri
- مَشُن maśun, مٔشِتھ گَژھُن mạśith gaċhun
Examples of forget in a sentence
- Everybody, old and young, laughs uproariously at this and immediately forgets all about it.1929, Robert Dean Frisbee, The Book of Puka-Puka, Eland, published 2019, page 35:
- For Homer, it means forking over a hundred dollars for a dusty box of chocolates at the Kwik-E-Mart after characteristically forgetting the holiday yet again.2012 August 5, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “I Love Lisa” (season 4, episode 15; originally aired 02/11/1993)”, in...
Synonyms of forget
Antonyms
Forms of forget
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | forgets |
| present participle | forgetting |
| past | forgot |
| past participle | forgotten |
| past (obsolete) | forgat |
| past participle (colloquial, archaic) | forgot |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Forgets |
Origin of forget
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”).
Words formed from forget
- and don't you forget it
- don't forget to write
- eaten bread is soon forgotten
- fire and forget
- foggetaboutit
- forget about
- forget about it
- forgetful
- forget it
- forget-me-not
- forgetness
- forget oneself
- forget one's manners
- forgettability
- forgettable
- forgettance
- forgetter
- forgettery
- forget to take one's medication this morning
- forget to take one's pills this morning
- forgetty
- forget you
- forgive and forget
- forgive but don't forget
- lest we forget
- not forgetting
- reforget
- right to be forgotten
- set-and-forget
- the Internet never forgets
- un-forget
- unforgettable
Phrases with forget
Words that rhyme with forget
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- upset
- vignette
- whet
- sett
- cornet
- let
- manchette
- roulette
- yet
- cadet
- cassette
- collarette
- pet
- banquette
- met
- mignonette
- musette
- octet
- reset
- unset
- abet
- beget
- brunette
- cuvette
- debt
- dinette
- dudette
- duet
- minuet
- navette
- planchette
- quartet
- regret
- silhouette
- vinaigrette
- aid and abet
- amourette
- barrette
- bavette
- bet
- brett
- briquette
- corvette
- couchette
- enucleate
- fossette
- grisette
- ket
Questions about forget
- What does forget mean?
- Forget means to lose remembrance of.
- What is forget in Hindi?
- Forget in Hindi is भूलना (bhūlnā), भूल जाना (bhūl jānā). See Forget meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use forget in a sentence?
- Everybody, old and young, laughs uproariously at this and immediately forgets all about it.
- What part of speech is forget?
- Forget can be a verb or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce forget?
- Forget is pronounced /fəˈɡɛt/ (UK).
- What is the past tense of forget?
- The past tense of forget is forgot.
Words near forget in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: forget (page history and authors); Forget (page history and authors); మరచిపోవు (Telugu) (page history and authors); മറക്കുക (Malayalam) (page history and authors); forget (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ભૂલવું (Gujarati) (page history and authors); forget (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); बिर्सनु (Nepali) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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