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🧠 To stop thinking 📞 To not do 🤔 To not remember 🔑 To leave behind 📱 To remove data
to forget

to forget

20 4.1
Remove saved passwords or network names so the device no longer remembers them
  • verb
  • /fərˈɡɛt/
  • Specialized
translation icon : olvidar
  • After clearing the settings, the device will forget all previously stored Wi-Fi networks.

Examples

  • So but now they have a way to reset the Vision Pro if you forget your password through your iPhone or just like on it.

  • If the shortener accidentally erases a database, forgets to renew its domain, or just disappears, the link will break.

    Blog text (19)

  • Thus, IP forgets about a packet and recycles its buffer immediately after forwarding (MRU replacement).

    Academic text (2012)

  • You need to forget the old password to set up the new account.

  • To enhance security, make sure your browser is set to forget saved passwords and data after each session.

Synonyms

to erase
vsto forget
156 2.2

Remove all traces of something from memory or history

clears saved data so it no longer automatically loads but may leave traces

Antonyms

to retain
47 3.2

To keep facts or information in your memory

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

How Forgetful

to erase
156 2.2
to unteach
  • Specialized
9.5
to forget
  • Specialized
20 4.1
to suppress
176 4.8

Surface Forms

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

Morphology

forget = get (opaque) = for + get

In computing contexts 'forget' meaning 'remove stored data' is a specialized extension and not transparently predictable from the morphemes for typical learners.

Etymology

Forget comes from old parts for- meaning 'away' and get meaning 'to take'. In computing, to forget a network or password is like telling your phone or computer to let that information 'get away' so it will not be remembered or used automatically.