forgotten
v. · adj. · n.-
1 past participle of forget (v.) A2 Elementarythe form of 'forget' used with 'have' or 'has' to show you did not remember something.
the past participle of the irregular verb 'forget', used to form the present perfect and past perfect tenses.
ExampleI have forgotten my password and cannot log into my account.
ExampleBy 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'.
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2 not remembered (adj.) B1 Intermediatedescribes something that people no longer remember or think about.
describing an object, person, or fact that has slipped from public or private memory.
ExampleThe explorers found a forgotten city deep in the jungle.
ExampleThe historian spent years researching forgotten documents in the national archives to reconstruct the lives of ordinary citizens during the war.
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3 people who are ignored (n.) C1 Advanced Literary Formalpeople or things that society has stopped caring about or remembering.
a collective noun referring to people or entities that have been marginalized or excluded from historical or social memory.
ExampleThe charity works to provide food and shelter for the forgotten of the city.
ExampleThe monument was erected to honour the forgotten—those soldiers whose names were never recorded in the official casualty lists.
UsageUsually appears as 'the forgotten'.
- the neglected
- the overlooked
Morphologically forgot + -en.
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