forgotten

CEFRA1

/fəˈɡɒt.n̩/

adjective

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    adjective

    Not remembered or no longer thought about by people.

  2. 02

    adjective

    Extra detail

    A person or thing that has been forgotten.

Examples

  • I've forgotten your name. Can you remind me?

  • The danger past and God forgotten.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
4
Parts of speech
1
Citations
1

Also pronounced

  • [fɚˈɡɑ.ʔn̩]
  • /fɚˈɡɑ.tn̩/

Deep Dive

adjective

Extra meanings

  1. past participle of forget.

  2. Of which knowledge has been lost; which is no longer remembered.

More examples

In context

  • Danger past, God forgotten.

  • Luckily for these unfortunate forgottens, New Year is approaching, a time when, despite the intuitions of the calendar, our thoughts often turn to the past.

Quick test

Two questions on this entry. Nothing is scored.

Question 1 · Quick check

The old password was blank by the user, so she had to create a new one.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

adjective

From Middle English foryoten, from Old English forġeten, from Proto-West Germanic *fragetan. By surface analysis, forgot + -en.