{
    "term": "forget",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "forget",
            "heSheIt": "forgets"
        },
        "pastSimple": "forgot",
        "pastParticiple": "forgotten",
        "ingForm": "forgetting"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to not remember to do something that you ought to do, or to bring or buy something that you ought to bring or buy",
            "sensetop": "forget about somethingforget to do somethingforget something/somebody",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "‘Why weren't you at the meeting?’ ‘Sorry—I forgot.’"
                },
                {
                    "text": "In the excitement I forgot all about my little brother.",
                    "contextForm": "forget about something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Take care, and don't forget to write.",
                    "contextForm": "forget to do something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He **forgot to mention** he was bringing a guest."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I forgot to ask him for his address."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I forgot my purse *(= I did not remember to bring it)*.",
                    "contextForm": "forget something/somebody"
                },
                {
                    "text": "‘Hey, don't forget me!’ *(= don't leave without me)*"
                },
                {
                    "text": "**Aren't you forgetting something?** *(= I think you have forgotten to do something)*"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Her joy was so infectious that he momentarily forgot his own fears for the future."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Oh yes! I almost forgot about the party."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He conveniently forgot to tell me he was married."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I clean forgot to give your brother the message."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["completely", "quite", "totally"],
                "verb + forget": ["seem to", "tend to", "want to"],
                "preposition": ["about"],
                "phrases": [
                    "forget all about something",
                    "keep forgetting",
                    "largely forgotten"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to be unable to remember something that has happened in the past or information that you knew in the past",
            "sensetop": "forget about somethingforget somethingforget (that)…forget where, how, etc…forget doing somethingforget somebody doing somethingit is forgotten that…",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Oh, I **almost forgot**—there was a call for you."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I'd **completely forgotten** about the money he owed me.",
                    "contextForm": "forget about something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I never forget a face.",
                    "contextForm": "forget something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I've forgotten my user name."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Who could forget his speech at last year's party?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She keeps forgetting (that) I’m not a child any more.",
                    "contextForm": "forget (that)…"
                },
                {
                    "text": "**I was forgetting** *(= I had forgotten)* (that) you’ve been here before."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It is **easy to forget** that not all countries have these advantages."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I've forgotten where they live exactly.",
                    "contextForm": "forget where, how, etc…"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I forget how much they paid for it."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I'll **never forget** hearing this piece of music for the first time.",
                    "contextForm": "forget doing something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I'll never forget him sobbing uncontrollably at the funeral.",
                    "contextForm": "forget somebody doing something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "**It should not be forgotten that** people used to get much more exercise.",
                    "contextForm": "it is forgotten that…"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Before I forget, there was a call from Italy for you."
                },
                {
                    "text": "His pioneering work in the field was largely forgotten until the late 1940s."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I'll never forget the expression on his face."
                },
                {
                    "text": "You seem to forget that it was your idea in the first place."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I completely forgot you were coming today."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She keeps forgetting where she's put her glasses."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The experience of nearly getting killed is not easily forgotten."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a beautiful but almost forgotten corner of North Yorkshire"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["completely", "quite", "totally"],
                "verb + forget": ["seem to", "tend to", "want to"],
                "preposition": ["about"],
                "phrases": [
                    "forget all about something",
                    "keep forgetting",
                    "largely forgotten"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "to deliberately stop thinking about somebody/something",
            "sensetop": "forget about somebody/somethingforget somebody/somethingforget (that)…forget what…",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Try to forget about what happened.",
                    "contextForm": "forget about somebody/something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Could you possibly forget about work for five minutes?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Forget him!",
                    "contextForm": "forget somebody/something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Let's forget our differences and be friends."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Forget glasses; soon your computer display will correct your vision."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Let's forget last night, shall we?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Forget (that) I said anything!",
                    "contextForm": "forget (that)…"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Forget what you've heard in the past.",
                    "contextForm": "forget what…"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["completely", "quite", "totally"],
                "verb + forget": ["seem to", "tend to", "want to"],
                "preposition": ["about"],
                "phrases": [
                    "forget all about something",
                    "keep forgetting",
                    "largely forgotten"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "to stop thinking that something is a possibility",
            "sensetop": "forget about somethingforget something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "If I lose this job, we can forget about buying a new car.",
                    "contextForm": "forget about something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "‘I was hoping you might be able to lend me the money.’ ‘You can forget that!’",
                    "contextForm": "forget something"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "to behave in a way that is not socially acceptable",
            "sensetop": "forget yourself",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I'm forgetting myself. I haven't offered you a drink yet!"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used to tell somebody how they should behave, especially when they have been behaving in a way you do not like",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "You're a suspect, not a detective, and don't you forget it."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "used to tell somebody that something is not important and that they should not worry about it",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "‘I still owe you for lunch yesterday.’ ‘Forget it.’"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "used to tell somebody that you are not going to repeat what you said",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "‘Now, what were you saying about John?’ ‘Forget it, it doesn't matter.’"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "used to emphasize that you are saying ‘no’ to something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "‘Any chance of you helping out here?’ ‘Forget it, I've got too much to do.’"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "used to tell somebody to stop talking about something because they are annoying you",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Just forget it, will you!"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to stop feeling angry with somebody for something they have done to you and to behave as if it had not happened",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I know what he did was wrong but don’t you think it’s time to forgive and forget?"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used to include something in the list of things that you have just mentioned",
            "labels": "(British English)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I share the house with Jim, Ian and Sam, not forgetting Spike, the dog."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/fəˈɡet/",
                "audio": "fo/forget/forget__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/fəˈɡets/",
                "audio": "fo/forget/forgets__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/fəˈɡɒt/",
                "audio": "fo/forget/forgot__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/fəˈɡɒtn/",
                "audio": "fo/forget/forgotten__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/fəˈɡetɪŋ/",
                "audio": "fo/forget/forgetting__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/fərˈɡet/",
                "audio": "fo/forget/forget__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/fərˈɡets/",
                "audio": "fo/forget/forgets__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/fərˈɡɑːt/",
                "audio": "fo/forget/forgot__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/fərˈɡɑːtn/",
                "audio": "fo/forget/forgotten__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/fərˈɡetɪŋ/",
                "audio": "fo/forget/forgetting__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English forgietan, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch vergeten and German vergessen, and ultimately to for- and get."
}