forgotten

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. verb dismiss from the mind; stop remembering
  2. verb be unable to remember
  3. verb forget to do something

Etymology

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

In classic literature

Synonyms

forget, bury

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