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forget

Pronunciation: /fəˈɡɛt/

The English word “forget” has 6 meanings listed here.

verb

  1. To lose remembrance of.
  2. To unintentionally not do, neglect.
  3. To unintentionally leave something behind.
  4. To cease remembering.
  5. To not realize something (regardless of whether one has ever known it).
  6. Euphemism for fuck, screw (a mild oath).

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…

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