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forgotten

Syllables: for·got·tenUK/fəˈɡɒt.n̩//fɚˈɡɑ.tn̩/

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forgotten adjective: of which knowledge has been lost; which is no longer remembered. Also the past participle of forget.

forgotten: of which knowledge has been lost; which is no longer remembered
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Adjective

forgotten (comparative more forgotten, superlative most forgotten)

  1. Of which knowledge has been lost; which is no longer remembered.
    • The special writers whom Pope singled out for ridicule in this poem are forgotten, but this does not matter.1901, Vida Dutton Scudder, Introduction to the Study of English, Globe School Book Company, page 339

Noun

forgotten (plural forgottens)

  1. A person or thing that has been forgotten.
    • Luckily for these unfortunate forgottens, New Year is approaching, a time when, despite the intuitions of the calendar, our thoughts often turn to the past.2007 December 31, Alan Feuer, “Headliners of 07: A Subway Savior, Rampaging Rats, and a $12 Million Dog”, in New York Times

Also used as

forgotten is also the past participle of forget.

forgotten meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Telugu

forgotten in Hindi

भुला दिया गया

forgotten in Tamil

மறந்துபோனது, மறந்துபோன

forgotten in Marathi

विसरून गेले, विसरलेले

forgotten in Telugu

మర్చిపోయారు, మరచిపోయారు
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forgotten in Kannada
ಮರೆತುಹೋಗಿದೆ, ಮರೆತುಹೋಯಿತು, ಮರೆತು ಹೋಗಿದೆ
forgotten in Nepali
बिर्सिएको
forgotten in Arabic
مَنْسِيّ mansiyy

Forms of forgotten

Adjective
comparativemore forgotten
superlativemost forgotten
Noun
pluralforgottens

Origin of forgotten

From Middle English foryoten, from Old English forġeten, from Proto-West Germanic *fragetan. By surface analysis, forgot + -en.

Words formed from forgotten

Phrases with forgotten

Words that rhyme with forgotten

Questions about forgotten

What does forgotten mean?
Forgotten means of which knowledge has been lost; which is no longer remembered.
What is forgotten in Hindi?
Forgotten in Hindi is भुला दिया गया. See Forgotten meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is forgotten?
Forgotten can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce forgotten?
Forgotten is pronounced /fəˈɡɒt.n̩/ (UK).

Words near forgotten in the dictionary

  1. forgot about
  2. forgot one's manners
  3. forgot oneself
  4. forgot to take one's medication this morning
  5. forgot to take one's pills this morning
  6. forgotten
  7. forgotten about
  8. forgotten one's manners
  9. forgotten oneself
  10. forgotten to take one's medication this morning
  11. forgotten to take one's pills this morning

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Adapted from Wiktionary: forgotten (page history and authors); forgotten (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); forgotten (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); forgotten (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); forgotten (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); forgotten (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); forgotten (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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