forget.
To lose remembrance of.
Meaning & usage
To lose remembrance of.
I have forgotten most of the things I learned in school.
To unintentionally not do, neglect.
I forgot to buy flowers for my wife at our 14th wedding anniversary.
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.
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!
Where this word comes from
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”).
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