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Meaning of "forgettery" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF FORGETTERY

forgettery  [fəˈɡɛtərɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FORGETTERY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Forgettery is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES FORGETTERY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of forgettery in the English dictionary

The definition of forgettery in the dictionary is the inclination to forget.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FORGETTERY


battery
ˈbætərɪ
commentary
ˈkɒməntərɪ
depository
dɪˈpɒzɪtərɪ
directory
dɪˈrɛktərɪ
documentary
ˌdɒkjʊˈmɛntərɪ
eatery
ˈiːtərɪ
elementary
ˌɛlɪˈmɛntərɪ
factory
ˈfæktərɪ
history
ˈhɪstərɪ
introductory
ˌɪntrəˈdʌktərɪ
inventory
ˈɪnvəntərɪ
laboratory
ləˈbɒrətərɪ
lottery
ˈlɒtərɪ
mandatory
ˈmændətərɪ
military
ˈmɪlɪtərɪ
mystery
ˈmɪstərɪ
petary
ˈpɛtərɪ
rettery
ˈrɛtərɪ
territory
ˈtɛrɪtərɪ
victory
ˈvɪktərɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FORGETTERY

forge
forgeability
forgeable
forged
forgeman
forger
forgeries
forgery
forget
forget it!
forget oneself
forget-me-not
forget-me-not blue
forgetful
forgetfully
forgetfulness
forgetive
forgettable
forgetter
forgettingly

WORDS THAT END LIKE FORGETTERY

assault and battery
buttery
cattery
cemetery
dry battery
dry-cell battery
field battery
flattery
fluttery
glittery
guttery
jittery
National Lottery
postcode lottery
pottery
rattery
sluttery
solar battery
storage battery
tottery
twittery

Synonyms and antonyms of forgettery in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «forgettery» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FORGETTERY

Find out the translation of forgettery to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of forgettery from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «forgettery» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

健忘
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

forgettery
570 millions of speakers

English

forgettery
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

forgettery
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

forgettery
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

forgettery
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

forgettery
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

forgettery
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

forgettery
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Lupa
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

forgettery
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

forgettery
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

forgettery
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Lali
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

forgettery
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

forgettery
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

विस्मृती
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

forgettery
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

forgettery
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

forgettery
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

forgettery
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

forgettery
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

forgettery
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

forgettery
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

forgettery
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

forgettery
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of forgettery

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FORGETTERY»

The term «forgettery» is barely ever used and occupies the 202.207 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FORGETTERY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «forgettery» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «forgettery» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about forgettery

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FORGETTERY»

Discover the use of forgettery in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to forgettery and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Mind Chi: Re-wire Your Brain in 8 Minutes a Day -- ...
Trouncing. your. 'forgettery'. Do you feel that you are better at forgetting than remembering? Would you say that your memory is deteriorating? Do you harbour quiet fears that you may be showing early signs of dementia? Let us first reassure  ...
Vanda North, Richard Israel, 2010
2
2000 Tips for Trainers and Staff Developers
The following suggestions may help: Install a forgettery! It's all too easy to retain the hurt from negative feedback about our performances as trainers, but it's best consciously to decide to forget the pain and simply to carry forward practical plans ...
Philip Race, 2001
3
The Christian Advocate
[Cassino's Little Folks. i , tt A New Year's " Forgettery ' The fire crackled and sparkled on the hearth, throwing dancing shadows over the big library and touching the old "grandfather" clock in the corner with a rosy light. The hands were slowly ...
‎1912
4
Queerful Widget
This one, over on the left, is the Forgettery. If you go in there and open your eyes and shut your mouth, you'll forget anything you want to. But we keep that locked now, because so many boys used to come here, whenever the weather was ...
Willis Brooks Hawkins, 1920
5
Manford's Magazine
... is made ready for his welcome home. — A. P. Peabody. A GOOD FORGETTERY. I have been told of a little girl who said that she had aa very poor memory, but a first-rate forgettery." Exactly what the little girl meant, I will not undertake to tell, ...
‎1892
6
Say Yes to Life: A Book of Thoughts for Better Living
“Uncle Sidney,” he explained with a twinkle, “I have a very good forgettery.” Young Ritchie stumbled on'an important truth. The power to forget sometimes can be “very good.” We often apologize for forgetting things. In Moses' farewell address ...
Sidney Greenberg, 1999
7
Lyrics on Several Occasions: A Selection of Stage & Screen ...
'It was forgettery — I would put things in my forgettery when I had written up a tune and didn't want to be bothered with it running through my head. Well, here it is in a caption,' and he pointed to the magazine. 'And now I can't use it in the book .
Ira Gershwin, 1997
8
The Seven Laws of Spiritual Success
A bad memory can cause huge problems but a bad "forgettery" even more. Some of you, I imagine, will smile and say, "I don't need any instruction in that as I have a pretty good forgettery already. I can forget my spouse's birthday, the day I was ...
Selwyn Hughes, 2005
9
The Seven Sages
That there could be war, validly waged and won, or was she merely dumping an historical event, of great import to most of us, into her 'forgettery'? How would it be for the human race if we chose one or the other approach? For the former, our ...
Patricia Anne Dye, 2013
10
Joseph Anton: A Memoir
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY San Francisco Chronicle • Newsweek/The Daily Beast • The Seattle Times • The Economist • Kansas City Star • BookPage On February 14, 1989, Valentine’s Day, Salman Rushdie was telephoned ...
Salman Rushdie, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FORGETTERY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term forgettery is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Peters to Ask FMA to Look into Skycity Share Trading
“Mr Key has either a very good forgettery over the market influencing power of what he says as Prime Minister, or there's a darker motive the ... «Scoop.co.nz, Feb 15»
2
Politicians return to Parliament armed with new jokes
NZ First leader Winston Peters then unveiled his nickname for Key: "The Minister Famous for Forgettery." But his real final shot came after he ... «New Zealand Herald, Feb 15»
3
My Grandma the Poisoner
... sings, her childhood is still there—but I don't think there's much else there. Sometimes she points to her head and jokes about her "forgettery. «VICE, Oct 14»
4
Lies, Propaganda and “Political Brainwashing”. Remembering and …
“Of course there isn't a forgettery.” “Depression is caused by a chemical imbalance.” “Memories are all stored in the brain.” “I really am so busy ... «Center for Research on Globalization, Aug 14»
5
Relaxed Kevin Rudd cooks up a storm
Asked how he dealt with it, Mr Rudd said: ''So for me, I just stick it into what Mum used to call her 'forgettery' – boof! Remember the old ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Sep 13»
6
Consign Rudd to the bin of history
Muddling fact and fiction in Kev's fanciful family forgettery. The amount of spin implicit in the Prime Minister's "new way" rhetoric is beyond ... «The Daily Telegraph, Aug 13»
7
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd urges public to trust him as he calls …
Muddling fact and fiction in Kev's fanciful family forgettery. The Liberal leader claimed he would not engage in a class war and would try to unite ... «The Daily Telegraph, Aug 13»
8
Can you forgive and forget, Kevin Rudd?
Apply that gift you told me so proudly that you had inherited from your mother: 'the forgettery'. Remember that? We were sitting across from ... «ABC Online, Oct 12»
9
'Joseph Anton: A Memoir,' by Salman Rushdie
... marriage by developing a “forgettery” instead of a memory. In 1961, 13-year-old Salman was only too willing to leave his hometown, Bombay, ... «New York Times, Oct 12»
10
Salman Rushdie: open book
There are moments of great tenderness: his mother's way of dealing with her husband's drinking and mood swings with “a forgettery” rather ... «Financial Times, Sep 12»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Forgettery [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/forgettery>. May 2024 ».
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