Forget : v.tr. (word from popular Latin obliterate, oblivisci " forget ").
The verb “forget” has several meanings:
I) Transitive verb:
Not to find in his memory
1. Don't avoir, do not find (The souvenir by chose, event, An no one).
I forgot his name, his face.
– Quotation from the Franco-Moroccan writer, poet and painter Tahar Ben Jelloun (born in 1947): “You can forget a face but you cannot completely erase from your memory the warmth of an emotion, the sweetness of 'a gesture, the sound of a tender voice'.
I forgot who should come, which it is; why and how they took this decision.
2. No longer able to practice (a together de knowledge, a technical).
Forget the practice an activity.
I forgot everything mathematics.
Without supplement: It learn follow but forget at once.
3. No more know, not keep in the memory Collective.
Greco-Roman art was forgotten during the Middle Ages (*).
Être forgotten: no longer be known.
This hero of jour will soon be forgotten (Fall into oblivion).
Impossible to forget (unforgettable).
Adjectival past participle: A forgotten author.
Die completely forgotten, forgotten by everyone.
Phrase: To be forgotten: to ensure that people no longer talk about you when you are accused, criticized (Do le mort).
Go green and forget yourself for a while.
(*) The Middle Ages is a period in the history of Europe, extending from the end of the XNUMXth century to the end of the XNUMXth century, which begins with the decline of the Western Roman Empire and ends by the Renaissance and the Great Discoveries.
B. Let through carelessness or negligence
1. To cease de think to (which bothers).
– Quote from the Genevan writer and philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778): “The kindness of some people made their ugliness forgotten” (eclipse, erase).
Forget his problems, his worries.
– Quote from the Belgian singer Jacques Brel (1929-1978): “We don't forget anything. We get used to it, that's all”.
Without complement: Drink to forget.
2 Don't have tomind (which should keep the attention awake) (neglect, omit).
He forgets everything (brainless, dazed).
Forget the instruction (eat).
Forgetting an appointment (colloquial: zapping).
You forget theessential !
Forget his responsibilities (give up), his business neighborhoods, are the job (disconnect, lose interest).
Phrase: Forgetting the time: not noticing thetime that it is, getting late.
forget it to drink and eat.
With infinitive: Don't forget to lock the door! (miss).
He forgot to tell us.
Colloquial phrase: He forgot to be bà ª te.
With que: You forget that it is forbidden.
Don't forget that he has to come.
3. Neglecting to put (omit).
Forget it vinaigre in the s.
Neglect of take (let ; to lose).
Forget your keys.
Forget your umbrella at the movies.
– Quote from the French writer André Malraux (1901-1976): “He realizes that he has forgotten his overcoat. But where ? ".
4. To neglect (someone) by not looking after them, by showingindifference from his view.
Forgetting one's friends (letting go, losing interest, detach ; familiar: let go).
We quickly forgot the absentees (Loin des eyes, far from the heart).
Adjective past participle: The forgotten victims.
Noun: The forgotten of growth.
Familiar: Well! we don't you see more, you forget us!
Colloquial phrase: Forget me! stop bothering me!
Ne pas donner something to (someone).
We forgot it in the distribution.
Don't forget the guide, please!, think of him donner un tip.
C. Disregarding
1. To knowingly refuse to pay attention to (someone), to take (something) into account.
You forget your promises.
You forget who I am: you miss in the respects due to me.
2. Forgive. forget one fault, an affront (Moving on; closing your eyes; passing on [on]; acting as if nothing had happened). Let's not talk about it anymore, it's forgotten.
Colloquial phrase: We forget everything and start again.
II) Pronominal verb to forget
A. Passive: Être forget it.
Such an affront cannot be forgotten.
– Quote from the Belgian singer Jacques Brel (1929-1978): “Everything can be forgotten Who is already fleeing”.
B. Thoughtful:
1. To cease to have clearly conscience of his existence personal.
– Quote from the Genevan writer and philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778): “I never dream more deliciously than when I forget myself”.
Do not think of oneself, of one's own interests.
– “Quote from the French novelist, biographer, storyteller and essayist André Maurois (1885-1967): United to other men […] man finds himself by forgetting himself”.
Ironic: He did not forget himself: he knew how to book his share ofbespoke, earnings.
2. Literary: To lack in respect due to (others or oneself).
– Quote from the French writer Guy de Maupassant (1850-1893): “Gentlemen, you forget yourselves, you lack dignity”.
By euphemism: Doing one's needs where it shouldn't.
The puppy has forgotten itself on the carpet.
Opposites of forgetting: to remember (to remember), to remember (to remember). to think (of), to think (of), to occupy (to take care of).
