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There's a lot of days where you feel forgotten.
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Meaning of "forgotten" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF FORGOTTEN

forgotten  [fəˈɡɒtən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FORGOTTEN

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Forgotten 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 forgotten in English.

WHAT DOES FORGOTTEN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Forgotten

Forgotten or The Forgotten may refer to: In film: ▪ Forgotten, an American film directed by Richard Thorpe ▪ The Forgotten, a psychological horror film ▪ The Forgotten, a Korean War film ▪ The Forgotten, a psychological thriller film In literature: ▪ The Forgotten, by Elie Wiesel ▪ The Forgotten, by David Baldacci ▪ The Forgotten, a book in the Animorphs series by K. A. Applegate In television: ▪ The Forgotten, an American crime drama ▪ "The Forgotten", an episode ▪ "The Forgotten", an episode ▪ Forgotten, a Taiwanese/Chinese television film In music: ▪ The Forgotten, a punk rock band ▪ Forgotten, a death metal band ▪ "The Forgotten", a song by American punk rock band Green Day from their 2012 album ¡Tré! ▪ "Forgotten", a song by Avail from Satiate ▪ "Forgotten", a song by Avril Lavigne from Under My...

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO FORGOTTEN

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 forgotten
you would forgotten
he/she/it would forgotten
we would forgotten
you would forgotten
they would forgotten
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 forgotten
you would have forgotten
he/she/it would have forgotten
we would have forgotten
you would have forgotten
they would have forgotten
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 FORGOTTEN


begotten
bɪˈɡɒtən
cotton
ˈkɒtən
gotten
ˈɡɒtən
guncotton
ˈɡʌnˌkɒtən
long-forgotten
ˌlɒŋfəˈɡɒtən
melicotton
ˌmɛlɪˈkɒtən
misbegotten
ˌmɪsbɪˈɡɒtən
misgotten
ˌmɪsˈɡɒtən
never-to-be-forgotten
ˌnevətəbɪfəˈɡɒtən
nitrocotton
ˈnaɪtrəʊˈkɒtən
polycotton
ˈpɒlɪkɒtən
rottan
ˈrɒtən
rotten
ˈrɒtən
shotten
ˈʃɒtən
unbegotten
ˌʌnbɪˈɡɒtən
ungotten
ʌnˈɡɒtən
unrotten
ʌnˈrɒtən
whaten
ˈwɒtən
Wotton
ˈwɒtən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FORGOTTEN

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

WORDS THAT END LIKE FORGOTTEN

batten
bitten
Britten
flatten
half-forgotten
handwritten
have gotten
ill-gotten
kitten
mitten
only-begotten
patten
ratten
rewritten
sitten
smitten
unforgotten
unwritten
well-written
written

Synonyms and antonyms of forgotten in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «FORGOTTEN»

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

Translation of «forgotten» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FORGOTTEN

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

Translator English - Chinese

被遗忘的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

olvidado
570 millions of speakers

English

forgotten
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

भूल
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مَنْسِي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

забытый
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

esquecido
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বিস্মৃত
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

oublié
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Dilupakan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

vergessen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

忘れられた
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

잊은
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Lali
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

bị lãng quên
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மறந்து
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

विसरला
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

unutulmuş
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

dimenticato
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

zapomniany
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

забутий
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

uitat
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ξεχασμένος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

vergeet
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

glömd
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

glemt
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of forgotten

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FORGOTTEN»

The term «forgotten» is very widely used and occupies the 5.003 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FORGOTTEN» OVER TIME

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

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10 QUOTES WITH «FORGOTTEN»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word forgotten.
1
King Albert II
The crisis of the 1930s and the populist reactions of that time must not be forgotten.
2
Marie Antoinette
There is nothing new except what has been forgotten.
3
John Perry Barlow
They seem to have forgotten that, and are back saying the only purpose of P2P networks is for illegal trading of owned goods. We claim part of the reason for P2P is for legal trading of what ought to be in public domain. And what is in public domain in many cases.
4
Fantasia Barrino
When I'm out on the stage, it gives me this rush and anything that's on my mind and everything I'm going through is forgotten about.
5
Zygmunt Bauman
The risk of the Holocaust is not that it will be forgotten, but that it will be embalmed and surrounded by monuments and used to absolve all future sins.
6
Paul Berg
With time, many of the facts I learned were forgotten but I never lost the excitement of discovery.
7
Edward Bok
The fact must never be forgotten that no magazine publisher in the United States could give what it is giving to the reader each month if it were not for the revenue which the advertiser brings the magazine.
8
Elias Canetti
All the things one has forgotten scream for help in dreams.
9
Billy Corgan
There's a lot of days where you feel forgotten.
10
Warren Cuccurullo
The lights go down, you hear the applause and you're up there, and then everything else is forgotten.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FORGOTTEN»

Discover the use of forgotten in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to forgotten and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Forgotten
Each night at precisely 4:33 am, while sixteen-year-old London Lane is asleep, her memory of that day is erased.
Cat Patrick, 2011
2
The Forgotten
In Paradise, nothing is what it seems... THE FORGOTTEN Army Special Agent John Puller is the best there is. A combat veteran, Puller is the man the U.S. Army relies on to investigate the toughest crimes facing the nation.
David Baldacci, 2012
3
The Forgotten Man
In The Forgotten Man, Amity Shlaes, one of the nation's most-respected economic commentators, offers a striking reinterpretation of the Great Depression.
Amity Shlaes, 2009
4
Sweet Land of Liberty: The Forgotten Struggle for Civil ...
Sweet Land of Liberty is an epic, revelatory account of the abiding quest for justice in states from Illinois to New York, and of how the intense northern struggle differed from and was inspired by the fight down South.
Thomas J. Sugrue, 2009
5
Forgotten: A Sister's Struggle to Save Terry Anderson, ...
The sister of reporter Terry Anderson, the longest-held American hostage in Lebanon, offers the facts of her ongoing one-woman crusade for her brother's freedom
Peggy Say, Peter Knobler, 1991
6
The Forgotten 500: The Untold Story of the Men Who Risked ...
Draws on recently declassified documents and exclusive interviews to recount the dramatic story of a World War II rescue mission in 1944 during which the OSS embarked on a daring scheme to recover more than five hundred airmen trapped ...
Gregory A. Freeman, 2008
7
In Small Things Forgotten: An Archaeology of Early American Life
From the Trade Paperback edition.
James Deetz, 2010
8
Forgotten
But then they are faced with a shocking truth. However, David won't be defeated. In spite of knowing this is a battle they can't win, he decides to fight anyway, in the only way he knows how.
Susan Lewis, 2010
9
The Forgotten Books of Eden
This work contains twenty ancient holy books, many of which were rejected from the Old Testament.
Rutherford H. Platt, 2006
10
Forgotten Heroes: The Charge of the Light Brigade
First hand accounts of the men who took part in the heroic and tragic Charge of the Light Brigade at the Battle of Balaclava on the 25th October 1854.
Roy Dutton, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FORGOTTEN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term forgotten is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Why Ryan Mason Is the Forgotten Tottenham Player Who Will …
Rumours of major clear-outs are virtually constant companions of Spurs sides. This year, though, there appears to be some substance. «Bleacher Report, Jul 15»
2
The statement Matt Harvey made: I won't be forgotten | New York Post
Matt Harvey accepts congratulations from teammates after hitting a two-run homer in the Mets' 4-2 win on Saturday. Photo: AP ... «New York Post, Jul 15»
3
Apple has forgotten how to sell the iPhone - The Next Web
Apple has forgotten how to tell the story of why its own devices are awesome. Remember those great iPhone 5 advertisements that didn't tell ... «The Next Web, Jul 15»
4
'Forgotten community' welcomes Maimane - Politics | IOL News
'Forgotten community' welcomes Maimane. July 11 2015 at 04:38pm. By Giordano Stolley Comment on this story. iol sa politics_Mmusi_Maimane ... «Independent Online, Jul 15»
5
Why Serge Gnabry Is the Forgotten Arsenal Player Who Will …
However, his absence should not allow his talent to be forgotten. If he can stay healthy throughout next season, he could be in line to make a ... «Bleacher Report, Jul 15»
6
Federer: Last year's Djokovic defeat forgotten - RTÉ Sport
Roger Federer insists last year's final defeat to Novak Djokovic is not on his mind as the Swiss looks to beat the world number one and secure a ... «RTE.ie, Jul 15»
7
Forgotten Malin is still picking up pieces a year after landslide - News
Forgotten Malin is still picking up pieces a year after landslide. By Shrikant Khupekar |Posted 1 minutes ago. A year since a landslide killed more than 160 in this ... «Mid-Day, Jul 15»
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Forgotten blind cricketer now survives on hope - The Times of India
AHMEDABAD: A bumpy road leads to Bhalaji Damor's home in Piparana village of Malpur taluka in Aravalli district, almost 2 km from the main ... «Times of India, Jul 15»
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Some Oklahoma City buildings are gone but not forgotten | News OK
Some Oklahoma City buildings are gone but not forgotten. by Steve Lackmeyer Published: July 12, 2015. Advertisement. With a ruling looming that could clear ... «NewsOK.com, Jul 15»
10
The keys to Earth's forgotten origins | Ancient Origins
Through extensive connections and tireless search, Steve and Evan have pieced together a much larger and profound 'forgotten story' of the ... «Ancient Origins, Jul 15»

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