forgetとは

意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (Received 発音) IPA^(key): /fəˈɡɛt/,^[1] (less commonly:) /fɔːˈɡɛt/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /fɚˈɡɛt/,^[2][3][4] (less commonly:) /fɔɹˈɡɛt/^[2][3][4]
• 韻: -ɛt
• ハイフネーション: for‧get

動詞

forget (third-person singular simple present forgets, present participle forgetting, simple past forgot or (古風な用法) forgat, past participle forgotten or (まれに) forgot)

1. (transitive) To lose remembrance of.

   I have forgotten most of the things I learned in school.

   • 1593, Tho[mas] Nashe, Christs Teares Over Ierusalem. […], London: […] Iames Roberts, and are to be solde by Andrewe Wise, […], OCLC 846581854, folio 60, verso:

     VVe (of all earthlings) are Gods vtmoſt ſubiects, the laſt (in a manner) that he bought to his obedience: ſhal we then forgette that vvee are any ſubiects of hys, becauſe (as amongſt his Angels) he is not viſibly conuerſant amongſt vs?

   • 1922, Margery Williams, The Velveteen Rabbit

     For at least two hours the Boy loved him, and then Aunts and Uncles came to dinner, and there was a great rustling of tissue paper and unwrapping of parcels, and in the excitement of looking at all the new presents the Velveteen Rabbit was forgotten.

2. (transitive) To unintentionally not do, neglect.

   I forgot to buy flowers for my wife at our 14th wedding anniversary.

3. (transitive) To unintentionally leave something behind.

   I forgot my car keys in the living room.

4. (intransitive) To cease remembering.

   Let's just forget about it.

5. (slang) Euphemism for fuck, screw (a mild oath).

   Forget you!

使用する際の注意点

• In sense 1 and 4 this is a catenative verb that takes the gerund (-ing).
• In sense 2 this is a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive.
• See Appendix:English catenative verbs

同意語

• obliviate, overlook, pass over, disremember

反意語

• acquire, learn, mind, recall, recollect, remember, reminisce

派生語

参照

• forget in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• forget in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.