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Meanings of forget in English

Portuguese
esqueça-se
Catalan
oblidar
Spanish
quedarse en blanco

Be unable to remember.

esqueça-se
Catalan
oblidar

Forget to do something.

oblidar
Portuguese
esquecer
Catalan
oblidar-se
Spanish
dejar

Leave behind unintentionally.

esquecer
Usage of forget in English
1
They said it happened a long time ago, we want to forget.
The Guardian
2
Often when we talk about ethics, we forget to talk about power.
Wired
3
Norris's new version, however, never lets us forget the parallels with today.
The Guardian
4
Don't forget that a large area of Skåne was left without power.
Firewall
5
I will forget today, but that doesn't mean that today didn't matter.
Still alice
6
However I will never forget what Lebron brought us for 4 years.
Reuters
7
Britain has attacked nearly every country in Europe and people don't forget.
The Guardian
8
A new generation of young veterans wants to forget the imperial past.
The Guardian
9
But seriously, Miss Carver,' he added, 'forget the deal for a minute.
The millionaire's rebellious mistress
10
I thought about my father, who used food to forget his body.
Fugitive pieces
11
Don't forget the economic case We have to make the economic case.
The Guardian
12
In an instant you forget; the sky is bright; the blood pounds.
Greener Than You Think
13
Can we forget men for the moment and talk about something serious?
Pasta Imperfect
14
You know, sometimes I plum forget there's twenty years' difference between us.
Pinball, 1973
15
We cannot forget that and vote for other parties' the president said.
The South African
16
And we tend to simply forget who was responsible for certain things.
The South African
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