When you forget something, you can't recall or remember it. An actor who forgets his lines might need some helpful cues from the other actors on stage.
Verb
be unable to remember; "I''m drawing a blank"; "You are blocking the name of your first wife!"
Verb
dismiss from the mind; stop remembering; "i tried to bury these unpleasant memories"
Verb
leave behind unintentionally; "I forgot my umbrella in the restaurant"; "I left my keys inside the car and locked the doors"
Verb
forget to do something; "Don''t forget to call the chairman of the board to the meeting!"
v. t.
To lose the remembrance of; to let go from the memory;
to cease to have in mind; not to think of; also, to lose the power of;
to cease from doing.
v. t.
To treat with inattention or disregard; to slight; to
neglect.
Usage Examples
Artschwager's art always involves looking closely at surfaces, questions what an object is, wants to make you forget the name of the thing you're looking at so that it might mushroom in your mind into something that triggers unexpected infinities.
At first I was queasy I'll never forget the sound of the scalpel cutting a body open. But it was so cool trying to work out how these people died.
After the Berlin Wall came down I visited that city and I will never forget it. The abandoned checkpoints. The sense of excitement about the future. The knowledge that a great continent was coming together. Healing those wounds of our history is the central story of the European Union.
A retentive memory may be a good thing, but the ability to forget is the true token of greatness.
A bland smile is like a green light at an intersection, it feels good when you get one, but you forget it the moment you're past it.
Above all we should not forget that government is an evil, a usurpation upon the private judgement and individual conscience of mankind.
Above all things let us never forget that mankind constitutes one great brotherhood all born to encounter suffering and sorrow, and therefore bound to sympathize with each other.
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Other Usage ExamplesAll the people who follow me on Twitter know my sense of humor. I sometimes forget the blogosphere will give it more weight than I intended.
Acting is not about dressing up. Acting is about stripping bare. The whole essence of learning lines is to forget them so you can make them sound like you thought of them that instant.
'Men have forgotten this truth,' said the fox. 'But you must not forget it. You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed.'
Better by far you should forget and smile than that you should remember and be sad.
Anthropologists are a connecting link between poets and scientists though their field-work among primitive peoples has often made them forget the language of science.
As a sophomore, I wanted to play varsity in three sports. And I accomplished that. It was a great feat that year, and something I held special. I wanted to bring a championship team to Oceanside High School, and it happened. It was a great year that I will never forget.
Advancements in technology have become so commonplace that sometimes we forget to stop and think about how incredible it is that a girl on her laptop in Texas can see photos and cell phone video in real time that a young college student has posted of a rally he's at in Iran.
All my life, whenever it comes time to make a decision, I make it and forget about it.
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