Forget vs Forset - What's the difference?
forget | forset |
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).
(dialectal) To get in front of; intercept; waylay; entrap.
(transitive, dialectal, figuratively) To upset; hinder.
(dialectal) To beset; surround; invest; surround with difficulties; bar; impede.
(transitive, dialectal, chiefly, Scotland) To overpower; give one too much of anything; surfeit.
(transitive, dialectal, chiefly, Scotland, by extension) To overburden or overpower with work; overwork; overtax.
As verbs the difference between forget and forset
is that forget is to lose remembrance of while forset is (dialectal) to get in front of; intercept; waylay; entrap.As a noun forset is
(dialectal) a strategem.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
* *forset
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Alternative forms
* (l) (Scotland)Verb
- backset and forset