forget

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   forget to do something

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

2. 2
   verb

   To lose remembrance of.

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

3. 3
   verb

   To unintentionally not do, neglect.

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

4. 4
   verb

   To unintentionally leave something behind.

   I forgot my car keys in the living room.

5. 5
   verb

   To cease remembering.

   Let's just forget I ever told you anything about it.

6. 6
   verb

   To not realize something (regardless of whether one has ever known it).

   People forget how much work goes into what we do.

7. 7
   verb

   Euphemism for fuck, screw (a mild oath).

   Forget you!

8. 8
   verb

   be unable to remember

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”).