forget – English verb conjugation

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to forget
Participle: forgotten
Gerund: forgetting

Cognates

See the 2 cognates of forget

Indicative

Present

I	forget
you	forget
he;she;it	forgets
we	forget
you	forget
they	forget

Perfect

I	have forgotten; forgot
you	have forgotten; forgot
he;she;it	has forgotten; forgot
we	have forgotten; forgot
you	have forgotten; forgot
they	have forgotten; forgot

Past

I	forgot
you	forgot
he;she;it	forgot
we	forgot
you	forgot
they	forgot

Pluperfect

I	had forgotten; forgot
you	had forgotten; forgot
he;she;it	had forgotten; forgot
we	had forgotten; forgot
you	had forgotten; forgot
they	had forgotten; forgot

Future

I	will forget
you	will forget
he;she;it	will forget
we	will forget
you	will forget
they	will forget

Future Perfect

I	will have forgotten; forgot
you	will have forgotten; forgot
he;she;it	will have forgotten; forgot
we	will have forgotten; forgot
you	will have forgotten; forgot
they	will have forgotten; forgot

Subjunctive

Present

I	forget
you	forget
he;she;it	forget
we	forget
you	forget
they	forget

Perfect

I	have forgotten; forgot
you	have forgotten; forgot
he;she;it	have forgotten; forgot
we	have forgotten; forgot
you	have forgotten; forgot
they	have forgotten; forgot

Imperfect

I	forgot
you	forgot
he;she;it	forgot
we	forgot
you	forgot
they	forgot

Pluperfect

I	had forgotten; forgot
you	had forgotten; forgot
he;she;it	had forgotten; forgot
we	had forgotten; forgot
you	had forgotten; forgot
they	had forgotten; forgot

Conditional

Present

I	would forget
you	would forget
he;she;it	would forget
we	would forget
you	would forget
they	would forget

Perfect

I	would have forgotten; forgot
you	would have forgotten; forgot
he;she;it	would have forgotten; forgot
we	would have forgotten; forgot
you	would have forgotten; forgot
they	would have forgotten; forgot

Imperative

you	forget
we	Let's forget
you	forget

Indicative

Present

I	am forgetting
you	are forgetting
he;she;it	is forgetting
we	are forgetting
you	are forgetting
they	are forgetting

Perfect

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

Past

I	was forgetting
you	were forgetting
he;she;it	was forgetting
we	were forgetting
you	were forgetting
they	were forgetting

Pluperfect

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

Future

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 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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

Verbs conjugated like 'forget'

forget,

Verbs similar to 'forget'

forge, forlet, forset, corset, ferret, fidget, fonge, forage, force, forcut,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

to lose remembrance of: disremember, obliviate
disremember: misremember
overlook: ignore, omit, neglect, slight, disregard

Antonyms

to recall from one's memory: remember
to lose remembrance of: learn, remember
overlook: note, scrutinize, investigate, see

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

1. O.E. forgytan, from for- "passing by, letting go" (cf. forbear, forgo) + gietan "to grasp" (see get). A common Gmc. construction (cf. O.S. fargetan, Du. vergeten, Ger. vergessen "to forget"). The literal sense would be "to lose (one's) grip on," but that is not recorded in any Gmc. language. Forgettable (1845) first attested in Carlyle. Forget-me-not (the flowering plant Myosotis palustris) is so called from 1532, from O.Fr. ne m'oubliez mye; in 15c. the flower was supposed to ensure that those wearing it should never be forgotten by their lovers. Similar loan-transl. into other languages, cf. Ger. Vergißmeinnicht, Sw. forgätmigej, Hungarian nefelejcs, Czech nezabudka.
2. From Middle English forgeten, forgiten, foryeten, forȝiten, from Old English forġietan (“to forget”) [influenced by Old Norse geta ("to get, to guess")], from Proto-West Germanic *fragetan (“to give up, forget”). Equivalent to for- + get.
3. Cognate with :
4. * Scots forget, forȝet (“to forget”),
5. * West Frisian fergette, ferjitte, forjitte (“to forget”),
6. * Dutch vergeten (“to forget”),
7. * German vergessen (“to forget”). See: Scots 'forget', Dutch 'vergeten', German, old spelling 'vergessen'.

Verbs referencing "forget"

Esperanto forgesi.

Sample Sentences

[...] (provided as aforesaid ), until dinner-time. At five, another bell rings, and the stewardess reappears with another dish of potatoes—boiled this time—and store of hot meat of various kinds: not forgetting the roast pig, to be taken medicinally. We sit down at table again (rather more cheerfully than before ); prolong the meal with a rather mouldy dessert of apples, grapes, and oranges; and drink our [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
[...] jugs, and I hearn every word. ” And Mandy, who had never in her life thought of the meaning of a word she had heard, more than a black cat, now took airs of superior wisdom, and strutted about, forgetting to state that, though actually coiled up among the jugs at the time specified, she had been fast asleep all the time. (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
It is said that on the occasion of a visit from General Jackson or General Harrison to this town (I forget which, but it is not to the purpose ), he walked through three miles and a half of these young ladies all dressed out with parasols and silk stockings. But as I am not aware that any worse [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
[...] there seems to be nobody in charge of her; and when another of these dull machines comes splashing by, you feel quite indignant with it, as a sullen cumbrous, ungraceful, unshiplike leviathan: quite forgetting that the vessel you are on board of, is its very counterpart. (American Notes for General Circulation)
* * * * * One day, during my stay in New York, I paid a visit to the different public institutions on Long Island, or Rhode Island: I forget which. One of them is a Lunatic Asylum. The building is handsome; and is remarkable for a spacious and elegant staircase. The whole structure is not yet finished, but it is already one of [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
[...] all parts of the States, but from most parts of the world, has always a large pauper population to provide for; and labours, therefore, under peculiar difficulties in this respect. Nor must it be forgotten that New York is a large town, and that in all large towns a vast amount of good and evil is intermixed and jumbled up together. (American Notes for General Circulation)
[...] and esteemed by London playgoers. I am happy to report of this deserving gentleman, that his benches are usually well filled, and that his theatre rings with merriment every night. I had almost forgotten a small summer theatre, called Niblo 's, with gardens and open air amusements attached; but I believe it is not exempt from the general depression under which Theatrical Property, or what is [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
He smiled as I looked at these contrivances to while away the time; but when I looked from them to him, I saw that his lip trembled, and could have counted the beating of his heart. I forget how it came about, but some allusion was made to his having a wife. He shook his head at the word, turned aside, and covered his face with his hands. (American Notes for General Circulation)
He gazed about him—Heaven only knows how wearily ! — as he said these words; and in the act of doing so, fell into a strange stare as if he had forgotten something. A moment afterwards he sighed heavily, put on his spectacles, and went about his work again. (American Notes for General Circulation)
Where sat the many legislators of coarse threats; of words and blows such as coalheavers deal upon each other, when they forget their breeding ? On every side. Every session had its anecdotes of that kind, and the actors were all there. (American Notes for General Circulation)
I turned around and I 'm like, " Officer, I forgot something. (Hell of a Summer)
And that's exactly what happened. That's dinner with Bill. You forget about all your problems and you just laugh. (Bill Maher: The Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize for American Humor)
Uh-oh. I did it again. I always forget that last one in the chamber. (Scary Movie)
Uh... I forgot about this. Um... Is this why you called ? (Signed, Sealed, Delivered: A Tale of Three Letters)

forget – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of forget

Nominal Forms

Cognates

Indicative

Present

Perfect

Past

Pluperfect

Future

Future Perfect

Subjunctive

Present

Perfect

Imperfect

Pluperfect

Conditional

Present

Perfect

Imperative

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Perfect

Past

Pluperfect

Future

Future Perfect

Conditional

Present

Perfect

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'forget'

Verbs similar to 'forget'

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

Antonyms

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

Verbs referencing "forget"

Sample Sentences