forgotten
- 01 A2 Elementary
v.the form of 'forget' used with 'have' or 'has' to show you did not remember something.
v.the past participle of the irregular verb 'forget', used to form the present perfect and past perfect tenses.
Simple“I have forgotten my password and cannot log into my account.”
In context“By the time the meeting started, the manager had forgotten the specific concerns raised by the staff during the previous week's briefing.”
UsageAlways used with an auxiliary verb like 'have', 'has', or 'had' in active voice.
PitfallI have forgot my keys. I have forgotten my keys.In standard modern English, 'forgotten' is the correct past participle form used after 'have' or 'has'.
SynonymsAntonyms - 02 B1 Intermediate
adj.describes something that people no longer remember or think about.
adj.describing an object, person, or fact that has slipped from public or private memory.
Simple“The explorers found a forgotten city deep in the jungle.”
In context“The historian spent years researching forgotten documents in the national archives to reconstruct the lives of ordinary citizens during the war.”
- 03 C1 Advanced
n.people or things that society has stopped caring about or remembering.
n.a collective noun referring to people or entities that have been marginalized or excluded from historical or social memory.
Simple“The charity works to provide food and shelter for the forgotten of the city.”
In context“The monument was erected to honour the forgotten—those soldiers whose names were never recorded in the official casualty lists.”
UsageUsually appears as 'the forgotten'.
Synonymsthe neglectedthe overlooked
Morphologically forgot + -en.
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.