forgetting

/fəˈɡɛt/

US pronunciation

American sound/fəˈɡɛt/

fəˈɡɛt

Syllables: 2 syllables
Stress: 2nd syllable stress
Vowel: Schwa vowel
Ending: Final ng sound

fə - ˈɡɛt -> forgetting

Myanmar meaning

(v[ing]) မေ့လျော့နေ

Full entry

forget / fǝ'get / v ( pt forgot /fǝ'gɒt /; pp forgotten /fǝ'gɒtn /)

၁။ ~ (about) sth မေ့လျော့သည်။ သတိမရ။
You forgot (about) my birthday (ie did not remember it at the proper time). ❍ I've forgotten her name. ❍ Did you forget (that) I was coming? ❍ She forgot how the puzzle fitted together. ❍ I'll never forget seeing my daughter dance in public for the first time.
၂။ (က) မေ့ သည်။ ‘Why didn't you buy any bread?’ ‘Sorry, I forgot. ’ ❍ Don't forget to feed the cat. ❍ He forgot to pay me. မေ့လျော့သည်။ မေ့သည်။ I forgot my umbrella. ❍ Don't forget the waiter (ie to give him a tip³n ၁)
၃။ ~ (about) sb/sth မေ့လိုက်သည်။ မေ့သည်။ အမှတ်မထားမိ။ Let's forget (about) our differences. ❍ Try to forget (all) about him. ❍ You can forget about a new car this year ^__ I've lost my job. ❍ ‘How much do I owe you?’ ‘Forget it!’ . “ကျွန်တော့်အတွက် ဘယ်လောက် စိုက်ထားသလဲ။ ” “ကိစ္စမရှိဘူး။ ထားလိုက်စမ်းပါ”
❍ Cover the cake with marzipan and icing, not forgetting (ie and also) the roasted almonds.
❍ I was forgetting (that) David used to teach you.
၄။ ~ one self (က) လွတ်သွား သည်။ I'm afraid I rather forgot myself and kissed him wildly. (ခ) (အကျိုး)မကြည့်။ ပမာဏမထား။ Forget yourself and think of someone else for a change.
❏ forgetful / -fl / adj ၁။ မေ့တတ်သော။ Old people are sometimes forgetful.
၂။ ~ of sb / sth မေ့တတ် [သော]။ အမှတ်မထားမိ [သော]။ ပျက်ကွက် [သော]။ be forgetful of one's duties.
❏ forgetfully / -fǝli / adv မေ့မေ့လျော့လျော့။ သတိမရှိ။ မတွေးမတော။
❏ forgetfulness n [U] မေ့လျော့ခြင်း။ မေ့တတ်ခြင်း။
❏ forgettable / -ǝbl / adj မလွမ်းလောက်သော။ various forgettable pop tunes.
Compare UNFORGETTABLE

More examples

I’ve forgotten her phone number.
[forget how/why/where/when etc] : She always forgets where her car is parked.
We first met at university, I forget when exactly.
[forget about] : Did you forget about our agreement?
[forget (that)] : I’d forgotten that you’d already given me the money.
[never forget something] : I’ll never forget the look of disappointment on her face.
Phil should be here by now. Do you think he’s forgotten?
I nearly forgot to invite Josie.
I keep forgetting to take my tablets.
[forget about] : She had forgotten all about posting the letter.
[forget (that)] : I completely forgot that I promised to come and see you!
[forget to do something] : Don’t forget to lock the door when you leave.
She forgot her sunglasses.
[forget about] : I remembered everything else but I forgot about the beach towels.
[forget about] : Try to forget about him.
[forget that] : People tend to forget that the rights we enjoy now were won through a great struggle.
[be best forgotten] : I think last night’s argument is best forgotten, don’t you?
I think we can forget the idea of a holiday this year.
[forget about] : We may have to forget about getting a new car.

Antonyms

accomplish, achieve, attend, carry, complete, finish, heed, learn, look at, notice, pay attention, recall, recollect, regard, remember, succeed, take