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Forget   /fərgˈɛt/  /fɔrgˈɛt/   Listen
Forget

verb
(past forgot, obs. forgat; past part. forgotten, forgot; pres. part. forgetting)
1.
Dismiss from the mind; stop remembering.  Synonym: bury.  Antonym: remember.
2.
Be unable to remember.  Synonyms: blank out, block, draw a blank.  "You are blocking the name of your first wife!"  Antonym: remember.
3.
Forget to do something.  Antonym: mind.
4.
Leave behind unintentionally.  Synonym: leave.  "I left my keys inside the car and locked the doors"



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"Forget" Quotes from Famous Books



... it!" cried Chester. "That's your Teutonic air of conquerors. Don't forget that some of these days, however, you will be sorry for all this trouble and bloodshed you ...
— The Boy Allies in Great Peril • Clair W. Hayes

... said; "wait a little. The flax is not nearly ready for spinning yet; can a bride forget her attire? Besides, how can we be—" she paused, and let her silence fill the gap, "when I know we neither of us know any ceremony more dignified than hopping over ...
— The Master-Knot of Human Fate • Ellis Meredith

... wester twists the trees. Grand Canary preserves more of these settlements than Tenerife; they are found in many parts of the island, and even close to the capital. Madeira, on the other hand, affects them but little. We must not forget that they still exist at St. Come, within two hours' rail of Paris, where my learned and lamented friend Dr. Broca ...
— To the Gold Coast for Gold - A Personal Narrative in Two Volumes.--Vol. I • Richard F. Burton

... facts previous to the application of legal remedies. So conspicuous, so impressive is the manner in which it is elevating men, that the hoary nations of Asia seek to participate in the boon. Let us not forget that our action on them must be attended by their reaction on us. If the destruction of paganism was completed when all the gods were brought to Rome and confronted there, now, when by our wonderful facilities of locomotion ...
— History of the Conflict Between Religion and Science • John William Draper

... historic in its whole scope and treatment. Raynal himself, though far below such writers as Voltaire and Robertson in judgment and temper, yet is not without a luminous breadth of outlook, and does not forget the superior importance of the effect of events on European development, over any possible number of minute particularities in the events themselves. He does not forget, for instance, in describing the Portuguese ...
— Diderot and the Encyclopaedists - Volume II. • John Morley


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