to forget

Examples

• All

• You don't want people to forget your performance.

  Film Courage

• I forgot we were going out tonight.

  Walking with Dinosaurs: Prehistoric Planet 3D (2014)

• Like I almost forgot how good this is.

• The thing is you forget what the value of money is.

  Danny Jones

• I think the part that most people forget is I end up being right.

  GaryVee

• At times, we may forget that students are just beginning to think and reason about systems.

  Academic text (2012)

• Time passes, though, and you forget these days.

• Often times people can't because they forget who they are.

  Film Courage

• Because your mind doesn't forget what your heart desires.

• How could I forget?

  I Can't Breathe (God Forgive Them) (2022)

Synonyms

S

to slip my mind

vsto forget

• Informal

24 3.4

To forget something you planned to do by accident

is the general phrase for unintentional inability to remember

D

to draw a blank

vsto forget

• Informal

7 4.5

Fail to remember something when you try to think of it

is the general inability to remember not confined to on the spot recall

B

to blank

vsto forget

• Informal

7 6.3

To ignore someone or suddenly forget something

is the simple inability to remember rather than a deliberate ignoring action

D

to disremember

vsto forget

• Archaic

1 9.5

Fail to remember something you knew before

is the general term for that same inability to remember

B

to blank out

vsto forget

• Informal

1 6.3

To suddenly be unable to remember something for a short time

is the ordinary inability to remember without implying suddenness or a block

S

to slip one's mind

vsto forget

• Informal

4.4

Forget to do something you planned to do

is used for overall inability to remember, not only deliberate acts

T

to totes forget

vsto forget

• Informal

9.9

To not remember something at all

is the neutral, standard term without informal emphasis on total failure

Antonyms

R

to remember

∞ 1.0

To think about something from the past

R

to recall

∞ 2.4

Remember something from the past

Idioms

F

to forgive and forget

• Informal

12 3.5

To stop feeling angry about a past event and be friendly again

F

forgive but don't forget

• Informal

6.5

To stop being angry with someone but keep remembering what they did to avoid being hurt again

Phrasal Verbs

F

to forget oneself

10 7.0

Act without control because of strong feelings

F

to forget someone's birthday

4 1.6

Not remember the date of someone's birthday

T

to totes forget

• Informal

9.9

To not remember something at all

Compounds

F

forget-me-not

2 4.7

A small plant with bright blue or white flowers that comes back every year

C

cape forget-me-not

• South African

8.9

A plant from southern Africa with bright blue flowers often grown in gardens

C

Chinese forget-me-not

7.2

A small plant that lives for two years and makes bright blue flowers

F

forget me drug

• NSFW

9.9

A strong sleeping drug used by criminals to make people forget what happened

G

garden forget-me-not

4.8

A small plant often grown in gardens with tiny blue, purple, or white flowers

How Remembered

to remember

∞ 1.0

to recall

∞ 2.4

to forget

∞ 1.0

to draw a blank

• Informal

7 4.5

to totes forget

• Informal

9.9

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology