forget

== English == === Etymology === 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”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /fəˈɡɛt/, (less commonly:) /fɔːˈɡɛt/ (General American) IPA(key): /fɚˈɡɛt/, (less commonly:) /fɔɹˈɡɛt/ Hyphenation: for‧get Rhymes: -ɛt === Verb === forget (third-person singular simple present forgets, present participle forgetting, simple past forgot or (obsolete) forgat, past participle forgotten or (archaic or colloquial) forgot) (transitive) To lose remembrance of. (transitive) To unintentionally not do, neglect. (transitive) To unintentionally leave something behind. (intransitive) To cease remembering. (transitive, loosely, informal) To not realize something (regardless of whether one has ever known it). (slang) Euphemism for fuck, screw (a mild oath). ==== Usage notes ==== In sense 1 and 4 this is a catenative verb that takes the gerund (-ing). In sense 2 this is a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive. See Appendix:English catenative verbs ==== Synonyms ==== obliviate, overlook, pass over, disremember ==== Antonyms ==== acquire, learn, mind, recall, recollect, remember, reminisce ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “forget”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “forget”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.