Forget
[fə'get] or [fɚ'ɡɛt]
Definition
(verb.) be unable to remember; 'I'm drawing a blank'; 'You are blocking the name of your first wife!'.
(verb.) dismiss from the mind; stop remembering; 'I tried to bury these unpleasant memories'.
(verb.) leave behind unintentionally; 'I forgot my umbrella in the restaurant'; 'I left my keys inside the car and locked the doors'.
(verb.) forget to do something; 'Don't forget to call the chairman of the board to the meeting!'.
Checked by Elmer--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) To lose the remembrance of; to let go from the memory; to cease to have in mind; not to think of; also, to lose the power of; to cease from doing.
(v. t.) To treat with inattention or disregard; to slight; to neglect.
Typist: Millie
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Lose the remembrance of, let slip from the mind, not remember.[2]. Think no more of, consign to oblivion.
Inputed by Bennett
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Lose, pretermit, {[un]?}, learn, obliviate, overlook
ANT:Acquire, learn, remember, recollect, mind, retain, treasure
Inputed by Katherine
Definition
v.t. to lose or put away from the memory: to neglect:—pr.p. forget′ting; pa.t. forgot′; pa.p. forgot′ forgot′ten.—adjs. Forget′able Forget′table; Forget′ful apt to forget: inattentive.—adv. Forget′fully.—ns. Forget′fulness; Forget′-me-not a small herb (Myosotis palustris) with beautiful blue flowers regarded as the emblem of friendship: a keepsake ; Forget′ter one who fails to bear in mind: a heedless person.—adv. Forget′tingly.—Forget one's self to lose one's self-control or dignity to descend to words and deeds unworthy of one's self.
Typist: Randall
Examples
- But when they came to the town into Frances Street, the girl stopped a minute, and said, 'Yo'll not forget yo're to come and see us. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- No, don't forget, Robert. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Let us forget what has passed, and go straight on with this business. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- She brought him some milk, and he drank of it gratefully and lay down again, to forget in pleasant dreams his lost battle and his humbled pride. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- You have no right to shut your eyes to any of it nor any right to forget any of it nor to soften it nor to change it. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- That you must never forget me. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Father's a sweeter singer than ever; you'd never have forgotten it, if you'd aheard him just now. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Here is a man who has not forgotten an item in our meetings at Rainbarrow--he is in company with your husband. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Crape, keys, centre-bits, darkies--nothing forgotten? Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Before he had gone half a mile he had forgotten all about her, except that she was a woman who had sat down to rest. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Always at hand will be found one or two of the laboratory note-books, with frequent entries or comments in the handwriting which once seen is never forgotten. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- I had forgotten that circumstance and felt disappointed. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- We wos a adjestin' our little differences, and I wos a-cheerin' her spirits and bearin' her up, so that I forgot to ask anythin' about it. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- In the distress that she caused me I forgot the years that had passed, and the change they had made in our position towards one another. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Clara, though she endeavoured to give herself up to his amusement, often forgot him, as she turned to observe Adrian and me. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Your mother succeeded; she forgot it soon. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- For he never once, from the moment when I entreated him to be a friend to Richard, neglected or forgot his promise. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Being very tired with his walk, however, he soon fell asleep and forgot his troubles. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Can you talk to me without feeling frightened, and without forgetting that I am a friend? Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Emma was in no danger of forgetting. Jane Austen. Emma.
- I deserved the evil I have encountered, for forgetting his fate even in that of his son! Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- And Mrs Crich moved away, forgetting him. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- But today she forgot, she was at her ease, entirely forgetting to have misgivings. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- I am forgetting myself. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Whoever forgets that is less than human. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Everybody changes, everybody forgets; nobody has any heart. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Mrs. Bagnet forgets the day to the extent of filling a pipe and a glass for Mr. Bucket and waiting upon him hospitably. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Her aunt Shaw loved her well in her own quiet way; but she forgets to love the absent. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- Then a soul which forgets cannot be ranked among genuine philosophic natures; we must insist that the philosopher should have a good memory? Plato. The Republic.
- I agreed to do his washing and mending, but he forgets to give out his things and I forget to look them over, so he comes to a sad pass sometimes. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
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