Forget vs Forgotten - What's the difference?
forget | forgotten |
To lose remembrance of.
* 1922 , (Margery Williams), (The Velveteen Rabbit)
To unintentionally not do, neglect.
To unintentionally leave something behind.
To cease remembering.
(slang) (euphemism for) fuck, screw (a mild oath).
A person or thing that has been forgotten.
* {{quote-news, year=2007, date=December 31, author=Alan Feuer, title=Headliners of 07: A Subway Savior, Rampaging Rats, and a $12 Million Dog, work=New York Times
, passage=Luckily for these unfortunate forgottens , New Year is approaching, a time when, despite the intuitions of the calendar, our thoughts often turn to the past. }}
English adjectives ending in -en
English irregular past participles
As verbs the difference between forget and forgotten
is that forget is to lose remembrance of while forgotten is .As an adjective forgotten is
of which knowledge has been lost; which is no longer remembered.As a noun forgotten is
a person or thing that has been forgotten.forget
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Verb
- I have forgotten most of the things I learned in school.
- 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 .
- I forgot to buy flowers for my wife at our 14th wedding anniversary.
- I forgot my car keys.
- Let's just forget about it.
- 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. * SeeSynonyms
* obliviate, overlook, pass over, disrememberAntonyms
* acquire, learn, mind, recall, recollect, remember, reminisceDerived terms
* forget about * forgetful * forget-me-not * forget oneself * forgettable * forgetter * unforgettableReferences
* *forgotten
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