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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
Synonyms
Examples for "block"
Examples for "block"
1
See that new cell block they're building right beside the golf course?
Flesh and bone: a body farm novel
2
This silver block with attached chain is a good case in point.
The South African
3
However, block liner trains, which are booked by individual companies, will continue.
The Irish Times
4
Further controls allow people to block particular tracking systems while allowing others.
Reuters
5
On Sunday Austria's foreign minister threatened to block EU negotiations with Turkey.
Reuters
1
The new generation should bury the past and focus on the present.
The South African
2
I really want to go home to bury my sister, she said.
The South African
3
He added: No government wants to bury anything in the modern era.
Independent.ie
4
Medical supplies to distribute, bodies to bury, law and order to reinstate.
The Guardian
5
He said Mr Reddy told him he wanted to bury the bodies.
Radio NZ
1
He spoke Snick's number after telling the machine to blank out the video.
Dayworld Rebel
2
In any event, they could not blank out the viewers' memories.
Dayworld Breakup
3
I tried to blank out the voice right beside me, but it was hopeless.
The Memoirs of Cleopatra
4
The green smudge covered an area that would blank out an average Sol-type solar system.
Cities in Flight
5
He could blank out the monitors only so long.
Dayworld Breakup
1
But ask me to name five countries, and I draw a blank.
Origin
2
Now I cannae verra weel draw a blank cheque and send to-
The Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson — Volume 2
3
I feel like I'm letting myself down because I always draw a blank.
The Irish Times
4
They had arrived at the end of their journey only to draw a blank.
A Popular Schoolgirl
5
Those in NSW will draw a blank when a Victorian asks for a pot.
News.com.au
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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