# forget

Pronunciation: US say "fur-GET" /fɚˈɡɛt/; UK say "fuh-GET" /fəˈɡɛt/

## Verb

1. To be unable to remember something once known, or to stop thinking about it and let it fade from mind.
   - Simple: To not remember something anymore, or to stop thinking about it.
   - _Witnesses often forget important details within hours of an event._
   - _She had forgotten his name by the time they met again._
2. To unintentionally fail to do something through neglect or oversight.
   - Simple: To not do something because you did not remember to do it.
   - _She forgot to submit the report before the deadline._
   - _Employees sometimes forget to log their hours at the end of a shift._
3. To fail to realize or take into account something, whether or not one has ever known it. *(colloquial)*
   - Simple: To not notice or realize something at a given moment.
   - _Critics forget how limited the technology was at the time._
   - _You forget that she has only been with the company a month._
4. To unintentionally leave something behind, especially by not remembering to bring it along.
   - Simple: To leave something behind because you did not remember to take it.
   - _He forgot his passport and had to turn back at the airport._
   - _Travelers frequently forget phone chargers in hotel rooms._
5. To angrily reject or dismiss someone or something, used in outbursts as a milder stand-in for screw. *(slang)*
   - Simple: A mild swear word used instead of a ruder one to show anger.
   - _Forget you! I never want to see you again._
   - _He muttered "forget this" and stormed out of the meeting._

## Origin

*fragetan, a Proto-West Germanic verb meaning "to give up, forget," became Old English forġietan ("to forget"), which felt the influence of Old Norse geta, meaning "to get, to guess," and that became Middle English forgeten. The word amounts to for- + get. Dutch vergeten and German vergessen are cognates.

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