FORGET


Meaning of FORGET in English

verb

ADVERB

▪ completely , quite ( esp. BrE ), totally

I completely forgot you were coming today.

▪ clean ( old-fashioned , informal )

I clean forgot to give your brother the message.

▪ almost , nearly

▪ never

I'll never ~ the expression on his face.

▪ quickly , soon

▪ instantly , promptly

‘I will,’ she promised, and promptly forgot about it.

▪ momentarily , temporarily

Her joy was so infectious that he momentarily forgot his own fears for the future.

▪ easily

The experience of nearly getting killed is not easily forgotten.

▪ conveniently ( ironic )

He conveniently forgot to tell me he was married.

VERB + FORGET

▪ seem to

You seem to ~ that it was your idea in the first place.

▪ tend to

▪ want to

▪ try to

▪ be easy to

It is easy to ~ that not all countries have these advantages.

▪ let sb

Let's ~ last night, shall we?

▪ make sb

PREPOSITION

▪ about

Oh yes! I almost forgot about the party.

PHRASES

▪ ~ all about sth

In the excitement I forgot all about my little brother.

▪ keep forgetting

She keeps forgetting where she's put her glasses.

▪ largely forgotten

His pioneering work in the field was largely forgotten until the late 1940s.

Forget is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ appointment , ↑ birthday , ↑ episode , ↑ existence , ↑ fact , ↑ importance , ↑ incident , ↑ lesson , ↑ line , ↑ manner , ↑ misery , ↑ name , ↑ pain , ↑ past , ↑ place , ↑ problem , ↑ root , ↑ shyness , ↑ trouble , ↑ worry

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