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Flowers are the sweetest things God ever made and forgot to put a soul into.
Henry Ward Beecher

Meaning of "forgot" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF FORGOT

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FORGOT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Forgot is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb forgot in English.

WHAT DOES FORGOT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Forgetting

Forgetting refers to apparent loss or modification of information already encoded and stored in an individual's long term memory. It is a spontaneous or gradual process in which old memories are unable to be recalled from memory storage. Forgetting also helps to reconcile the storage of new information with old knowledge. Problems with remembering, learning and retaining new information are a few of the most common complaints of older adults. Memory performance is usually related to the active functioning of three stages. These three stages are encoding, storage and retrieval. Many different factors influence the actual process of forgetting. An example of one of these factors could be the amount of time the new information is stored in the memory. Events involved with forgetting can happen either before or after the actual memory process. The amount of time the information is stored in the memory, depending on the minutes hours or even days, can increase or decrease depending on how well the information is encoded. Studies show that retention improves the increased rehearsal. This improvement occurs because rehearsal helps to transfer information into long term memory.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO FORGOT

PRESENT

Present
I forget
you forget
he/she/it forgets
we forget
you forget
they forget
Present continuous
I am forgetting
you are forgetting
he/she/it is forgetting
we are forgetting
you are forgetting
they are forgetting
Present perfect
I have forgotten
you have forgotten
he/she/it has forgotten
we have forgotten
you have forgotten
they have forgotten
Present perfect continuous
I have been forgetting
you have been forgetting
he/she/it has been forgetting
we have been forgetting
you have been forgetting
they have been forgetting
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I forgot
you forgot
he/she/it forgot
we forgot
you forgot
they forgot
Past continuous
I was forgetting
you were forgetting
he/she/it was forgetting
we were forgetting
you were forgetting
they were forgetting
Past perfect
I had forgotten
you had forgotten
he/she/it had forgotten
we had forgotten
you had forgotten
they had forgotten
Past perfect continuous
I had been forgetting
you had been forgetting
he/she/it had been forgetting
we had been forgetting
you had been forgetting
they had been forgetting
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will forget
you will forget
he/she/it will forget
we will forget
you will forget
they will forget
Future continuous
I will be forgetting
you will be forgetting
he/she/it will be forgetting
we will be forgetting
you will be forgetting
they will be forgetting
Future perfect
I will have forgotten
you will have forgotten
he/she/it will have forgotten
we will have forgotten
you will have forgotten
they will have forgotten
Future perfect continuous
I will have been forgetting
you will have been forgetting
he/she/it will have been forgetting
we will have been forgetting
you will have been forgetting
they will have been forgetting
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would forgot
you would forgot
he/she/it would forgot
we would forgot
you would forgot
they would forgot
Conditional continuous
I would be forgetting
you would be forgetting
he/she/it would be forgetting
we would be forgetting
you would be forgetting
they would be forgetting
Conditional perfect
I would have forgot
you would have forgot
he/she/it would have forgot
we would have forgot
you would have forgot
they would have forgot
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been forgetting
you would have been forgetting
he/she/it would have been forgetting
we would have been forgetting
you would have been forgetting
they would have been forgetting
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you forget
we let´s forget
you forget
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to forget
Past participle
forgotten
Present Participle
forgetting
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FORGOT


begot
bɪˈɡɒt
got
ɡɒt
misbegot
ˌmɪsbɪˈɡɒt
ravigote
ˌrævɪˈɡɒt
ravigotte
ˌrævɪˈɡɒt
saligot
ˈsælɪˌɡɒt
unbegot
ˌʌnbɪˈɡɒt
unforgot
ˌʌnfəˈɡɒt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FORGOT

forgetfulness
forgetive
forgettable
forgetter
forgettery
forgettingly
forging
forgivable
forgivably
forgive
forgiven
forgiver
forgiving
forgivingly
forgivingness
forgo
forgoer
forgone
forgotten
forgottenness

WORDS THAT END LIKE FORGOT

apple maggot
argot
bigot
cagot
ergot
escargot
faggot
fagot
gigot
have got
ingot
lingot
maggot
magot
spigot
Turgot

Synonyms and antonyms of forgot in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «FORGOT»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «forgot» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of forgot

Translation of «forgot» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FORGOT

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

Translator English - Chinese

忘记了
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

olvidó
570 millions of speakers

English

forgot
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

भूल गया
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

نسيت
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

забыл
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

esqueceu
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ভুলে গেছি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

oublié
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Terlupa
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

vergessen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

忘れてしまった
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

잊었다
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kelalen
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

quên
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மறந்துவிட்டேன்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

विसरलात
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

unuttum
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

dimenticato
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

zapomniałem
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

забув
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

ai uitat
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ξέχασα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

vergeet
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

glömde
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

glemte
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of forgot

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FORGOT»

The term «forgot» is very widely used and occupies the 1.261 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FORGOT» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «forgot» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «forgot» 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 forgot

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10 QUOTES WITH «FORGOT»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word forgot.
1
Candice Accola
I thought I'd be edgy and dye my hair red. And I dyed my hair, like, Jessica Rabbit red. It kind of allowed me to have this whole new confidence and this whole new swagger and this whole new sense of self. It kind of brought out the inner rock star in me. I had never dyed my hair like that, and no one forgot me after that.
2
Rick Allen
But unfortunately, in my unrelenting drive to get back on that drum stool, the major casualty in all of it was that I really forgot about me.
3
Maya Angelou
You are the sum total of everything you've ever seen, heard, eaten, smelled, been told, forgot - it's all there. Everything influences each of us, and because of that I try to make sure that my experiences are positive.
4
John Aubrey
How these curiosities would be quite forgot, did not such idle fellowes as I put them down.
5
Henry Ward Beecher
Flowers are the sweetest things God ever made and forgot to put a soul into.
6
Steve Berry
When I wrote 'The Alexandria Link,' I discovered that we are only aware of about 10 percent of the knowledge of the ancient world. In the ancient world, most of the knowledge was destroyed. Every emperor of China who came in wiped out everything that came before them, to the point that the country completely forgot its past.
7
Betsy Brandt
In high school, a teacher's friend in the police department asked me to go into a bar and flash a fake ID saying I was 21 even though I wasn't. They were assuming the bar wasn't carding people. Anyway, she forgot to ask for it back. I used it all freshman year in college.
8
Billy Bush
In radio I had one, maybe two people who cared about getting it done. I'd really be a loser if I forgot where I came from. So I show them the love. And how hard is it really to be interested in someone's life?
9
Alexandra Cassavetes
I sort of forgot about 'Z Channel' after it went off the air in 1989, but once Jason Resnick of Focus Features made the suggestion, I became obsessed all over again. I still am. I'll probably be this way until I'm 80, babbling about 'Z Channel.'
10
Neil Cavuto
The other day at a drive-through, I reminded the teenage girl serving me that she forgot my drinks. She looked at me, hissed, rolled her eyes, and then took her sweet time getting me the sodas.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FORGOT»

Discover the use of forgot in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to forgot and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
What Alice Forgot
From the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller, THE HUSBAND’S SECRET.
Liane Moriarty, 2011
2
I Just Forgot
For use in schools and libraries only. Little Critter's forgetfulness gets him in trouble with his mother on one particularly bad day.
‎1988
3
I Used to Know That: Stuff You Forgot From School
Witty, engaging, entertaining-a book you'll pick up again and again. Author Caroline Taggart discovered two things while researching this book and talking with other people: One, everybody had been to school.
Caroline Taggart, 2010
4
The Land That Time Forgot
On the lost island of Caspak in the South Pacific, this novel is a dazzling blend of imagination, daring adventure, and intriguing scientific speculation.
Edgar Rice Burroughs, 2012
5
The Flamingo Who Forgot
The Flamingo Who Forgot.
Alan Durant, 2007
6
Ginkgo: The Tree That Time Forgot
This engaging book tells the full and fascinating story of a tree that people saved from extinction—a story that offers hope for other botanical biographies that are still being written./divDIV /divDIVInspired by the historic ginkgo that ...
Peter Crane, 2013
7
The Church That Forgot Christ
After a lifetime of attending mass every Sunday, Breslin has severed his ties to the church he once loved, and, in this important book, filled with a fury generated by a sense of betrayal, he explains why.
Jimmy Breslin, 2004
8
The Beast God Forgot to Invent
"The Beast God Forgot to Invent" offers stories of culture and wildness, of men and beasts and where they overlap. A wealthy man retired to the Michigan woods narrates the tale of a younger man decivilized by brain damage.
Jim Harrison, 2007
9
Mr. Croc Forgot
A crocodile forgets what to buy while grocery shopping but always remembers to admire his handsome reflection and to display his lovely smile to everyone he meets.
‎2006
10
Sorry, I Forgot to Ask!
Shows readers how to do a better job of asking for permission, and making an apology. RJ learns that using these skills means a lot fewer trips to the "time-out" chair.
Julia Cook, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FORGOT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term forgot is used in the context of the following news items.
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How a judge forgot about the law - Toledo Blade
How a judge forgot about the law. BY KEITH C. BURRIS COLUMNIST FOR THE BLADE. Share0 Tweet0 Share0 Reddit0 Share0 Email0. «Toledo Blade, Jul 15»
2
Kasukuwere learnt nothing, forgot nothing - Nehanda Radio
It is clear that Minister Kasukuwere learnt nothing and forgot nothing. He continues on his deluded path with grave consequences for the ... «Nehanda Radio, Jul 15»
3
Vyapam scam: People in power grabbed the cookies, forgot jar's fate
Congress activists burn an effigy of Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, demanding his resignation and a CBI probe into ... «Hindustan Times, Jul 15»
4
KiwiSaver: Forgot to pay KiwiSaver? Talk to the IRD - Business - NZ …
Q: Several years after a new staff member joined our firm he realised we haven't been making any KiwiSaver deductions or employer ... «New Zealand Herald, Jul 15»
5
GOP Had '48 Hours of Indignation' Over Hillary Scandals, Then Forgot
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump criticized the GOP for only having “48 hours of indignation” but then forgetting about Hillary ... «Breitbart News, Jul 15»
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Roger Federer, the Player Time Forgot - WSJ
Roger Federer, the Player Time Forgot. No. 1 Novak Djokovic will defend his Wimbledon title against the 33-year-old legend, who has ... «Wall Street Journal, Jul 15»
7
United Pilot Forgot 10 Bullets In Luggage And Flushed Them …
If not for a missing ring and a dutiful flight attendant, the tale of the flushed bullets may never have come to light. And the person responsible for ... «The Inquisitr, Jul 15»
8
Just In Case You Forgot, Nick Cannon Would Like to Remind You …
Much like Kim Kardashian circa 2006, we are so over Nick Cannon's bulls--t. (J/K — you rock, Nick.) In order to make a headline for himself ... «In Touch Weekly, Jul 15»
9
The Lesson Greece's Lenders Forgot - WSJ
The Lesson Greece's Lenders Forgot. To avoid bailouts and foster stability, the IMF used to refuse loans to countries with unsustainable public ... «Wall Street Journal, Jul 15»
10
Forgot something at airport security? How to find what you lost
Those are the kind of items you expect someone to immediately think, 'Oh my gosh, I forgot that some place. Where could I have forgotten that? «KCTV Kansas City, Jul 15»

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