What does Forget mean?

Definitions for Forget
fərˈgɛtfor·get

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word Forget.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. forget, buryverb

    dismiss from the mind; stop remembering

    "I tried to bury these unpleasant memories"

  2. forget, block, blank out, draw a blankverb

    be unable to remember

    "I'm drawing a blank"; "You are blocking the name of your first wife!"

  3. forgetverb

    forget to do something

    "Don't forget to call the chairman of the board to the meeting!"

  4. forget, leaveverb

    leave behind unintentionally

    "I forgot my umbrella in the restaurant"; "I left my keys inside the car and locked the doors"

Wiktionary

  1. forgetverb

    To lose remembrance of.

    I have forgotten most of the things I learned in school.

  2. forgetverb

    To unintentionally not do, neglect.

    I forgot to buy flowers for my wife at our 14th wedding anniversary.

  3. forgetverb

    To cease remembering.

    Let's just forget about it.

  4. forgetverb

    fuck, screw .

    Forget you!

  5. Etymology: From forgeten, forgiten, forȝeten, forȝiten, from forgietan, from fragetanan, equivalent to. Cognate with forget, forȝet, ferjitte, forjitte, vergeten, vergessen, förgäta.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. To FORGETverb

    preter. forgot; part. forgotten, or forgot.

    Etymology: forgytan , Saxon; vergeten, Dutch.

    That is not forgot
    Which ne’er I did remember; to my knowledge,
    I never in my life did look on him. William Shakespeare, Richard II.

    When I am forgotten, as I shall be,
    And sleep in dull cold marble, where no mention
    Of me must more be heard. William Shakespeare, Henry VIII.

    Oh, my oblivion is a very Anthony,
    And I am all forgotten. William Shakespeare, Anthony and Cleopatra.

    Forget not thy friend in thy mind, and be not unmindful of him in thy riches. Ecclus. xxxvii. 6.

    No sooner was our deliverance compleated, but we forgot our danger and our duty. Francis Atterbury, Sermons.

    Alive, ridiculous; and dead, forgot. Alexander Pope.

    Can a woman forget her sucking child? Yea, they may forget; yet will I not forget thee. Isa. xlix. 5.

    The mass of mean forgotten things. Anon.

ChatGPT

  1. forget

    Forget means to unintentionally or deliberately fail to remember or recall information, an event, or an experience from one's memory. Forgetting can occur due to various factors such as time passing, lack of attention, interference from other memories, or cognitive impairment. It involves the loss or fading of previously acquired knowledge or memory traces, making it difficult or impossible to retrieve or access them. Forgetting is a natural and common occurrence in human cognition, affecting individuals to varying degrees.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Forgetverb

    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

  2. Forgetverb

    to treat with inattention or disregard; to slight; to neglect

  3. Etymology: [OE. forgeten, foryeten, AS. forgietan, forgitan; pref. for- + gietan, gitan (only in comp.), to get; cf. D. vergeten, G. vergessen, Sw. frgta, Dan. forgiette. See For-, and Get, v. t.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Forget

    for-get′, 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 [a word adapted by Coleridge from the German Vergissmeinnicht]; 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. [A.S. forgietan—pfx. for-, away, gitan, to get.]

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. FORGET

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Forget is ranked #26243 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Forget surname appeared 931 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Forget.

    95.8% or 892 total occurrences were White.
    1.5% or 14 total occurrences were of two or more races.
    1.5% or 14 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    0.6% or 6 total occurrences were Asian.

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British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'Forget' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2016

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'Forget' in Written Corpus Frequency: #708

  3. Verbs Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'Forget' in Verbs Frequency: #178

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Forget in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Forget in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of Forget in a Sentence

  1. AiR Atman in Ravi:

    There is a Cosmic Law, don’t forget! What we Give, is what we Get. So, we MUST know that if we Sin, we will Suffer, we will never Win.

  2. Joe Matthews:

    Half the battle of a predator trying to initiate contact with a child is to break that barrier, the most obvious is the unnoticed and [children] forget about their name being on their backpack.

  3. Fawaz Gerges:

    We were hoping that a diplomatic solution could be found to the Syrian crisis in the next few months. Forget about it, we were hoping for a diplomatic solution in Yemen. Forget about it. ... Here, you have the two most powerful Islamic states in the heart of the Middle East now basically waging a direct confrontation, as opposed to an indirect war by proxy, so ... we should be really alarmed at the escalation of the confrontation.

  4. Don Felder:

    When I first left the Eagles, I said, 'That's it. I'm going to play golf.' After 10 days, it was like... there has to be more to life! I can still swing a golf club, and don't forget, Les Paul played until he literally passed away.

  5. Joan Didion:

    We forget all too soon the things we thought we could never forget.

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