Verb: forget (forgot,forgotten,forgetting) fu(r)'get or for'get
- Be unable to remember
"You are forgetting the name of your first wife!";
- block, blank out, draw a blank, disremember [US, informal]
- Dismiss from the mind; stop remembering
"I tried to forget these unpleasant memories";
- bury, disremember [US, informal]
- Not remember to do something
"Don't forget to call the chairman of the board to the meeting!"
- Leave behind unintentionally
"I forgot my umbrella in the restaurant";
- leave
Derived forms: forgot, forgotten, forgetting, forgets
Type of: cerebrate, cogitate, drop, leave out, lose, miss, neglect, omit, overleap [archaic], overlook, pretermit [archaic], think
Antonym: bear in mind
Encyclopedia: Forget, Saskatchewan