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Forget vs Forged - What's the difference?

forget | forged |

As verbs the difference between forget and forged

is that forget is to lose remembrance of while forged is past participle of lang=en To force forward against opposition.

As an adjective forged is

fake (as documents).

forget

English

Verb

  • To lose remembrance of.
    • I have forgotten most of the things I learned in school.
  • * 1922 , (Margery Williams), (The Velveteen Rabbit)
    • For at least two hours the Boy loved him, and then Aunts and Uncles came to dinner, and there was a great rustling of tissue paper and unwrapping of parcels, and in the excitement of looking at all the new presents the Velveteen Rabbit was forgotten .
  • To unintentionally not do, neglect.
    • I forgot to buy flowers for my wife at our 14th wedding anniversary.
  • To unintentionally leave something behind.
    • I forgot my car keys.
  • To cease remembering.
    • Let's just forget about it.
  • (slang) (euphemism for) fuck, screw (a mild oath).
    • Forget you!

    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

    Synonyms

    * obliviate, overlook, pass over, disremember

    Antonyms

    * acquire, learn, mind, recall, recollect, remember, reminisce

    Derived terms

    * forget about * forgetful * forget-me-not * forget oneself * forgettable * forgetter * unforgettable

    References

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    Statistics

    * English irregular verbs 1000 English basic words

    forged

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Fake (as documents).
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-01
    • , author=Brian Hayes , title=Father of Fractals , volume=101, issue=1, page=62 , magazine= citation , passage=Toward the end of the war, Benoit was sent off on his own with forged papers; he wound up working as a horse groom at a chalet in the Loire valley. Mandelbrot describes this harrowing youth with great sangfroid.}}
    Forged identification documents were used to enter the building.
  • Fabricated by forging or at a forge, by working hot metal
    • The blacksmith made an expertly forged horseshoe by beating the red hot metal with his hammer.

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Verb

    (head)
  • To force forward against opposition.
    • He forged forward against the current, even as it tried to sweep him down river.