oblivion

Significat (Anglès)

Noun

1. (uncountable, usually) The state of forgetting completely, of being oblivious, unconscious, unaware, as when sleeping, drunk, or dead.
2. (uncountable, usually) The state of being completely forgotten, of being reduced to a state of non-existence, extinction, or nothingness, including through war and destruction. (Figuratively) for an area like hell, a wasteland.
3. (uncountable, usually) A form of purgatory.
4. (obsolete, uncountable, usually) Amnesty.

Verb

To consign to oblivion; to efface utterly.

Conceptes

llims

Sinònims

forgetfulness

forgetting

lapse of memory

limbo

disregard

obliviousness

nullity

obliteration

unconsciousness

zero

Lethe

irretention

amnesia

scotomisation

fluff

forgotten past

heedlessness

loss of memory

neglect

Traduccions

oblio

oubli

olvido

λήθη

esquecimento

Vergessenheit

نسيان

λησμονιά

vergetelheid

Nichtbeachtung

oblivio

oblīviō

ilgisizlik

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/əˈblɪviːən/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: oblivion

In summary

From Middle English oblivion, from Anglo-Norman oblivion, from Latin oblīviō (“forgetfulness”), from oblivisci (“to forget”).