VERB | cognition | forget, bury | dismiss from the mind |
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cognition | forget, block, blank out, draw a blank | be unable to remember | |
cognition | forget | forget to do something | |
cognition | forget, leave | leave behind unintentionally |
Sounds | faorgeh't; fergeh't | |
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Rhymes | abet ... yet: 108 rhymes with eht... |
Meaning | dismiss from the mind; stop remembering. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s that CLAUSE | |
Model | They won't forget the story | |
Synonym | bury | |
Narrower | suppress, repress | put out of one's consciousness |
unlearn | try to forget | |
Opposite | remember, think of | Keep in mind / mind for attention or consideration |
Spanish | olvidar | |
Catalan | oblidar |
Meaning | Be unable to remember. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
Model | They won't forget the story | |
Synonyms | block, blank out, draw a blank | |
Narrower | slip, slip one's mind | Pass out of one's memory |
Opposite | remember, retrieve, recall, call back, call up, recollect, think | recall knowledge from memory |
Spanish | olvidar, quedarse en blanco | |
Catalan | oblidar, quedar-se en blanc |
Meaning | forget to do something. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE | |
Model | They forget to move | |
Example | "Don't forget to call the chairman of the board to the meeting!" | |
Broader | neglect, pretermit, omit, drop, miss, leave out, overlook, overleap | Leave undone or leave out |
Opposite | mind, bear in mind | Keep in mind / mind |
Catalan | oblidar |
Meaning | leave behind unintentionally. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s something PP | |
Model | They forget the money in the closet | |
Synonym | leave | |
Broader | lose | miss from one's possessions |
Similar to | leave | Go and leave behind, either intentionally or by neglect or forgetfulness |
Spanish | dejarse, dejar, olvidarse, olvidar | |
Catalan | deixar-se, deixar, descuidar-se, oblidar-se |
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