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to forget

to forget

∞ 1.0
Not remember to do something you intended
  • verb
  • /fərˈɡɛt/
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  • I forgot all about it.
  • often forget to
  • completely forgot to
  • easy to forget

If you see a crocodile, don't forget to scream.

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Examples

  • Of course I forget to put gas in the car.

  • Another concern I have is that students will forget about reading physical books and lose that love.

    Academic text (2012)

  • So I should change this because I forgot to update this.

  • Let's just forget about them, and let's focus on you.

    Thunderbolts* (2025)

  • With all of that in mind, we must not forget Harvard chose us, too.

  • And let's not forget, your 18th birthday is next week.

    Eating Miss Campbell (2022)

  • When I went to teach at Simon Fraser, I forgot to pay my loan.

    Academic text (1999)

  • Don't forget your father's birthday is next week.

    The China Syndrome (1979)

  • Being so partial to the weed myself... I sometimes forget that it disagrees with others.

    Stagecoach (1939)

  • I forgot to bring my lunch to work today.

Synonyms

to totally forgot
vsto forget
  • Informal
30 1.8

Do not remember something at all

involves failing to remember intended or required actions rather than total failure
to slip my mind
vsto forget
  • Informal
24 3.4

To forget something you planned to do by accident

refers to failing to perform something one meant or was supposed to do
to blank
vsto forget
  • Informal
7 6.3

To ignore someone or suddenly forget something

refers to unintentionally failing to remember things one intended or should do
to disremember
vsto forget
  • Archaic
1 9.5

Fail to remember something you knew before

focuses specifically on failing to remember actions one planned or should do
to slip one's mind
vsto forget
  • Informal
4.4

Forget to do something you planned to do

is the general verb for failing to remember intended tasks

Antonyms

to remember
∞ 1.0

To think about something from the past

to keep in mind
240 3.0

To remember something when making decisions or thinking about it

Idioms

to forgive and forget
  • Informal
12 3.5

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

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

to forget oneself
10 7.0

Act without control because of strong feelings

to forget someone's birthday
4 1.6

Not remember the date of someone's birthday

to totes forget
  • Informal
9.9

To not remember something at all

Compounds

forget-me-not
2 4.7

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

cape forget-me-not
  • South African
8.9

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

Chinese forget-me-not
7.2

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

forget me drug
  • NSFW
9.9

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

garden forget-me-not
4.8

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

Surface Forms

forget infinitive
forgetting present participle
forgets third person singular
forgot past
forgotten past participle

Morphology

forget = get (opaque) = for + get

The sense 'fail to remember to do something' remains unpredictable from the surface morphemes for typical learners.

Etymology

Forget comes from old parts for- meaning 'away' and get meaning 'to take'. So when you forget to do something, the plan or task 'got away' from your mind and you did not do it.