forget
dismiss from the mind; stop remembering
How often you will meet it
Rank 710 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 26,552 times across 175,160 chapters — 0.013% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 1,000 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
verb
- dismiss from the mind; stop remembering also: bury I tried to bury these unpleasant memories
- be unable to remember also: block, blank out, draw a blank I'm drawing a blankYou are blocking the name of your first wife!
- forget to do something Don't forget to call the chairman of the board to the meeting!
- leave behind unintentionally also: leave I forgot my umbrella in the restaurantI left my keys inside the car and locked the doors
forget in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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I shall never forget my first sight of Mary Cavendish.
The Mysterious Affair at Styles · Agatha Christie · Chapter 1
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And here I cannot forget the generous treatment of the captain.
The Life and Most Surprising Adventures · Daniel Defoe · Chapter 1
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I forget; but it is what Dorian Gray has been to me.
The Picture of Dorian Gray · Oscar Wilde · Chapter 1
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Nitetis and Phanes were the only human beings, who had ever made him forget that he was a king.
An Egyptian Princess — Volume 07 · Georg Ebers · Chapter 1
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For a moment he seemed to forget the awful fate that awaited him, and his body swayed to and fro with grief.
The Red Record Tabulated Statistics · Ida B. Wells-Barnett · Chapter 1