Used in a Sentence

forgot

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for forgot.

Editorial note

Edit: Forgot to say that the tech is fine; a member of my family operates a usenet server over in Switzerland for our family.

Examples16
Definitions4
Parts of speech1

Quick take

(transitive) To lose remembrance of.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of forgot gathered in one view.

verb

(transitive) To lose remembrance of.

verb

(intransitive) To cease remembering.

verb

(transitive) To unintentionally not do, neglect.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for forgot.

verb

(transitive) To lose remembrance of.

verb

(intransitive) To cease remembering.

verb

(transitive) To unintentionally not do, neglect.

verb

(transitive) To unintentionally leave something behind.

Example sentences

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Edit: Forgot to say that the tech is fine; a member of my family operates a usenet server over in Switzerland for our family.

2

Whoops, it looks like you forgot to su and kill the Unix memes you are infected with.

3

For every airbnb or Facebook there are a thousand of acquired startups who kept thinking short-term and forgot entirely about long-term.

4

Yes, thank you, I almost forgot about how it really began with tweaking the code for the game itself!

5

I painstakingly prepared one of these dishes, then forgot about it, and left it in the incubator for a week.

6

Oh, I forgot about that - that feature wasn't available when Chrome was launched.

7

Credit cards] or having a guy flip out because I got up to go to the bathroom and forgot to lock my screen.

8

And I forgot to mention ML and Haskell and friends, sorry.

9

I forgot that giving government officials money is free speech now.

10

Basically: you forgot to profile first;).

11

And I totally forgot about those compiled functional languages.

12

Nah I actually meant amoral (just forgot the word).

Quote examples

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"D'oh, we forgot to charge our solar light earlier today." "No worries, we'll just use the gravity light for now." That scenario seems reasonable to me.

2

By the way, I forgot to ask do you object to my post about "killing" the Russel set because you don't accept the existence of universal set or because you don't understand how {x in S| x not x} helps here?

3

I think he was referring to the "20 sweaty minutes in the back of a Volkswagen after the club and we forgot the condoms" part; but omitting that might fall under "unnecessary detail" rather than "outright fibbing."

Proper noun examples

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Forgot about this strange one: I own all System of a Down original and explicit CDs but iTunes Match got me the clean versions instead.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use forgot in a sentence?

Edit: Forgot to say that the tech is fine; a member of my family operates a usenet server over in Switzerland for our family.

What does forgot mean?

(transitive) To lose remembrance of.

What part of speech is forgot?

forgot is commonly used as verb.