forget

[fer-get] / fərˈgɛt /

VERB

not be able to remember

Synonyms

STRONG

obliterate

WEAK

clean forget consign to oblivion dismiss from mind disremember draw a blank escape one's memory fail to remember let slip from memory lose consciousness of lose sight of misrecollect think no more of unsee

Antonyms

WEAK

carry learn recall recollect remember take

VERB

leave behind

Synonyms

STRONGEST

fail ignore neglect overlook skip

STRONG

blink discount disregard drop omit slight transgress trespass

WEAK

lose sight of overpass pass over

Antonyms

STRONGEST

accomplish achieve complete finish heed look at notice regard succeed

STRONG

attend pay attention

WEAK

carry learn recall recollect remember take

Example Sentences

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If they remain in power, they will never forget it.

From The Wall Street Journal

We’d planned to sleep like cowboys around the fire but forgot to bring a length of rope to circle the campsite.

From Literature

Too late, he remembered the neat bundles of dried deer meat, forgotten at the shelter.

From Literature

So forget the grandchildren, we are the people over whom so many hands have been wrung over the last 40 years.

From MarketWatch

“Let’s not forget that, for a while there, we thought we were going to get an Apple car,” says Nguyen.

From The Wall Street Journal