English Explanatory Dictionary

forgotten

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of which knowledge has been lost; which is no longer remembered.
verb
  1. past participle of forget.
noun
  1. A person or thing that has been forgotten.

Pronunciation

/fəˈɡɒt.n̩/ /fɚˈɡɑ.tn̩/ [fɚˈɡɑ.ʔn̩] en-us-forgotten.ogg /fəˈɡʌt.ən/ [fəˈɡʌ.ʔn̩] /fɚˈɡʌt.ən/ [fɚˈɡʌ.ʔn̩] en-us-ne-forgotten.ogg en-us-ne-2-forgotten.ogg

Word forms

forgotten more forgotten most forgotten forgottens

Etymology

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

Derived words

forgottenness half-forgotten unforgotten
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