forget

Meaning

  1. (transitive) To lose remembrance of.
  2. (transitive) To unintentionally not do, neglect.
  3. (transitive) To unintentionally leave something behind.
  4. (intransitive) To cease remembering.
  5. (broadly, informal, transitive) To not realize something (regardless of whether one has ever known it).
  6. (slang) Euphemism for fuck, screw (a mild oath).

Synonyms

neglect
C2
omit
36k
leave behind
lose
A1
leave
A1
ignore
B2
overlook
C2
bury
B2
unlearn
disremember
block
B1
disregard
C2
draw a blank
forgetful
21k
slight
B2
miss
A1
forgetting
B2
blank out
remember
A1
slow
A2
throw off
worrying
B2

be excessive

don’t forget

not know

slip one’s memory

fail to recognize

fail to recognise

leave carelessly

be forgetful of

leave something behind

be forgetful

be unable to remember

slip one’s mind

cause to

dismiss from one’s mind

abandon
B2

not recognize

be ignorant of

conceal
C2
debauched
47k
deviate
28k
disdain
24k
drown
B2

forget about

get over
get rid of
hide
A2
leave out
let go
Translations

oublier
olvidar
vergessen
vergeten
dimenticare
esquecer

ξεχνώ

oblidar
scordare
olvidarse
verleren
dejar
unutmak
Frequency

A1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/fəˈɡɛt/
Etymology

Inherited from Middle English
forgeten
Inherited from Old English
forġietan
Cognate with Scots
forget
Cognate with Western Frisian
fergette
Cognate with Dutch
Dutch
vergeten
Cognate with German
German
vergessen
In summary

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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