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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
forgotten
I.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
quietly forgotten
▪ The government hoped that their early mishandling of the crisis could be quietly forgotten.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
aren't you forgetting ...?/haven't you forgotten ...?
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Ah... everyone would be forgotten, even Goethe, if the earth should chance to collide with a comet.
▪ And to my surprise Sam said he had forgotten all about it.
▪ But he commented that he has never forgotten what she said.
▪ He had forgotten to sign for them at Tansonhut.
▪ New wallpaper, new furniture, new window frames ... the past is forgotten.
▪ Paul strode towards the parlour, his misery forgotten.
▪ They had conveniently forgotten to tell me I had to carry out my punishment holding the glass in my left hand.
II.adjective
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Rural California is definitely the forgotten part of the state.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Another forgotten instrument in those days.
▪ But for the forgotten victims - the wives - there is little official recognition, let alone pressure for reform.
▪ Collegiality seemed now once more a forgotten word.
▪ In the living room, a forgotten glass half-full of wine.
▪ Replace those paperbacks and forgotten bestsellers with leather-bound classics!
▪ There are many other forgotten sections in the library.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Forgotten

Forget \For*get"\, v. t. [imp. Forgot( Forgat, Obs.); p. p. Forgotten, Forgot; p. pr. & vb. n. Forgetting.] [OE. forgeten, foryeten, AS. forgietan, forgitan; pref. for- + gietan, gitan (only in comp.), to get; cf. D. vergeten, G. vergessen, Sw. f["o]rg["a]ta, Dan. forgiette. See For-, and Get, v. t.]

  1. To lose the remembrance of; to let go from the memory; to cease to have in mind; not to think of; also, to lose the power of; to cease from doing.

    Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits.
    --Ps. ciii.

  2. Let my right hand forget her cunning. --Ps. cxxxvii. 5. Hath thy knee forget to bow? --Shak. 2. To treat with inattention or disregard; to slight; to neglect. Can a woman forget her sucking child? . . . Yes, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee. --Is. xlix. 15. To forget one's self.

    1. To become unmindful of one's own personality; to be lost in thought.

    2. To be entirely unselfish.

    3. To be guilty of what is unworthy of one; to lose one's dignity, temper, or self-control.

Forgotten

Forgotten \For*got"ten\, p. p. of Forget.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
forgotten

early 15c., past participle adjective from forget.

Wiktionary
forgotten
  1. Of which knowledge has been lost; which is no longer remembered. n. A person or thing that has been forgotten. v

  2. (past participle of forget English)

WordNet
forgotten

See forget

forget
  1. v. dismiss from the mind; stop remembering; "i tried to bury these unpleasant memories" [syn: bury] [ant: remember]

  2. be unable to remember; "I'm drawing a blank"; "You are blocking the name of your first wife!" [syn: block, blank out, draw a blank] [ant: remember]

  3. forget to do something; "Don't forget to call the chairman of the board to the meeting!" [ant: mind]

  4. leave behind unintentionally; "I forgot my umbrella in the restaurant"; "I left my keys inside the car and locked the doors" [syn: leave]

  5. [also: forgotten, forgot, forgetting]

forgotten
  1. adj. not noticed inadvertently; "her aching muscles forgotten she danced all night"; "he was scolded for his forgotten chores" [syn: disregarded]

  2. no longer known; irretrievable; "a forgotten art"; "a lost art"; "lost civilizations" [syn: lost]

Wikipedia
Forgotten (1933 film)

Forgotten is a 1933 American Pre-Code film directed by Richard Thorpe.

Forgotten (2012 film)

Forgotten, is a 2012 Taiwanese television film. Starring Ruby Lin alongside Christopher Lee, it is the first television film produced by Lin. It first aired on the Public Television Service (PTS) on 26 May 2012.

Forgotten (2013 film)

Forgotten is a 2013 Bolivian drama film directed by Carlos Bolado, and is based on the repression and killings associated with the U.S.-backed Operation Condor. It was selected as the Bolivian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 87th Academy Awards, but was not nominated.

Forgotten

Forgotten or The Forgotten may refer to:

In film:

  • Forgotten (1933 film), an American film directed by Richard Thorpe
  • The Forgotten (1973 film), a psychological horror film
  • The Forgotten (2003 film), a Korean War film
  • The Forgotten (2004 film), a psychological thriller film
  • Forgotten (2013 film), a 2013 Bolivian film
  • The Forgotten (2014 film), a British horror film

In literature:

  • The Forgotten (novel), by Elie Wiesel
  • The Forgotten, by David Baldacci
  • The Forgotten (Animorphs), a book in the Animorphs series by K. A. Applegate

In television:

  • The Forgotten (TV series), an American crime drama
  • "The Forgotten" (Batman: The Animated Series), an episode
  • "The Forgotten" (Star Trek: Enterprise), an episode
  • Forgotten (2012 film), a Taiwanese/Chinese television film

In music:

  • The Forgotten (band), a punk rock band
  • Forgotten (metal band), a death metal band
  • "The Forgotten" (Green Day song), a song by American punk rock band Green Day from their 2012 album ¡Tré!
  • "Forgotten", a song by Avail from Satiate
  • "Forgotten", a song by Avril Lavigne from Under My Skin
  • "The Forgotten", a song by Killswitch Engage from Killswitch Engage 2
  • "Forgotten", a song by Linkin Park from Hybrid Theory

In video games:

  • The Forgotten (C&C), a fictional race of mutants from the Command & Conquer series
  • Age of Empires II: The Forgotten, an expansion pack

Places:

  • Forgotten River, New Zealand
  • Forgotten Hills, Victoria Land, Antarctica

Usage examples of "forgotten".

With a growling stomach and uncertain optimism, he walked through the site, finding a garbage dump and a few forgotten odds and ends.

Caroline leaned forward in her eagerness to persuade Mary, the goings-on abovestairs temporarily forgotten.

For an awkward moment Adams appeared to be in some difficulty, as though he had forgotten what he was supposed to say.

What was surprising--and would largely be forgotten as time went on--was how well Adams had done.

Joining with Adana, which he had once viewed as no more than an obligation to be fulfilled and forgotten, now filled him with dread.

I came to be so addlebrained, but when I staked it I had quite forgotten that it was one of the pieces I had had copied!

Elua that he wandered forgotten for a hundred years while Adonai grieved for your Yeshua!

It is for Adonai Himself, and it is the wisdom of the women of Tisaar to know it, and hide no longer from the Will of God, who has forgotten you these long centuries!

Only the Aedile was left, still in exile because of a political squabble mostly long forgotten.

A smattering of theosophical lore, and a fondness for the speculations of such writers as Colonel Churchward and Lewis Spence concerning lost continents and primal forgotten civilisations, made Reynolds especially alert toward any aeonian relic like the unknown mummy.

The Afro, the do of liberation, is long gone, one more forgotten fashion of the disrespected past.

So much had happened that the two aids had forgotten to mention the sheet sign that had warned them not to mix in the headless deaths.

At last Hugh cut the motor, and the airboat came to rest in the middle of what seemed like a strange and forgotten expanse of endless water, space and humid heat.

If I had stayed, she thought, I would have forgotten and told Bill about Alberta and Mr.

Miyuki screamed, her CPR forgotten as the corpse knocked over the tall stool with a crash that was all but entirely muffled by the thrashing of the creature in the next room.