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- pronunciation:
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get
| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
forgets, forgetting, forgot, forgotten |
| definition 1: |
When you forget something, your mind loses something that it knew before. This thing was in your mind earlier, but now it is gone and you can't remember it.
If I don't write down the name of the song, I will probably forget it.When Danny started to take the test, he suddenly forgot everything he learned.- antonyms:
- remember, retain
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| definition 2: |
When you forget to do something, you don't do this thing because the idea of doing it disappeared from your mind. If you forget to feed your cat, your cat will be very hungry and not happy at all!
Matthew forgot to take his book back to the library.- antonyms:
- remember
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| definition 3: |
When you forget your lunch at home, you go to school without bringing your lunch. When you forget something, you leave it somewhere because you were not thinking about it.
Holly forgot her ice skates at home, so she couldn't go ice skating with the other kids after school.One time, Ryan left his backpack on the school bus. He was really upset about it, and so was his mom.- antonyms:
- remember
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| related words: |
neglect |
| derivation: |
forgettable (adj.) |
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