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# forget

«forget» in Mova's school dictionary: **Not to remember something: a fact, a name, a word** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (forget, forgets, forgot, forgotten, forgetting)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Not to remember something: a fact, a name, a word. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/forget/#m1)

2) Not to remember to do something or to bring something: forget your lunch. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/forget/#m2)

3) To stop thinking about something on purpose: «Forget it». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/forget/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In school: forget your homework, forget a spelling; tricks to not forget — lists, notes, routines. In safety: never forget to look both ways; don't forget sun cream. In stories forgetting something often starts the trouble. Phrases: forget about, forget to do, don't forget, I forgot, forget it, never forget, forgetful.

### examples

- I forgot my PE kit at home. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/forget/#x1)
- Don't forget to brush your teeth. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/forget/#x2)
- I'll never forget my first day at school. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/forget/#x3)
- She forgot the answer, then remembered it later. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/forget/#x4)
- Have you forgotten your password? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/forget/#x5)
- He forgot to feed the fish. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/forget/#x6)
- Forget it — it doesn't matter. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/forget/#x7)
- Grandpa is getting forgetful. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/forget/#x8)
- But we are forgetting the birthday. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/forget/#x9)

### note

Irregular: forget, forgot (past), forgotten (has forgotten). Double t: forgetting. «Forget to do» = not remember to do it; «forget doing» = not remember that you did it. Opposite: remember. «Forgot» not «forgetted».

### In the corpora

- [An older person who finds a new partner after losing a husband or wife has not forgotten the one who died.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/17-gran-cousins-and-the-whole-family/18/)
- [Grief gets gentler over months and years; playing and laughing during that time does not mean you have forgotten the person.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/24-when-someone-dies/14/)
- [Many bots forget everything when you start a new chat, unless a memory feature is switched on.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/3-sounding-right-and-being-right/11/)
- [Even when a bot forgets, the company may still store what you typed.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/3-sounding-right-and-being-right/12/)
- [When an actor forgets a line, making something up to keep the scene going is called improvising, and audiences usually forgive it.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/40-show-day-the-exhibition-the-concert-and-the-big-arts-quiz/13/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «forget» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/forget/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.