forgotten
Noun pluralforgottens
Pluralforgottens
- 1Past participle of forget. Use this form after "have," "has," or "had," or in a passive sentence.
I have forgotten her phone number again.
By the next morning, the whole argument was forgotten.
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- 2No longer remembered or known by anyone.
Like an old toy left in a box that nobody thinks about anymore.
The forgotten toy sat under the bed for years.
Those old rules are now completely forgotten.
Similarlost, obscure, neglected, overlooked, unremembered
Oppositecelebrated
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- 3Someone or something that people no longer remember.
The new museum tells the stories of the forgotten, workers whose names nobody wrote down.
The radio host loves to play old songs by the forgotten of pop music.
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forgotten is a form of forget
forget, verb: To not remember something anymore, or to stop thinking about it. Full entry
- Forms
- forgetforgets he/she/itforgetting -ing formforgot past tenseforgotten past participle
- Spelling
- forget → forgotten: irregular (no -ed)
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Origin
Made from "forgot" plus the ending "-en".