Forget and Know

Forget

Forget verb - To be unable to recall or think of.

Know is an antonym for forget.

Nearby Words: forgetful, forgetting, forgetfully

Know

Know verb - To have a practical understanding of.

Forget is an antonym for know in topics: be familiar with, understand information.

Nearby Words: knowing, known

Common collocations

guy forget guy know guy
name forget name know name
place forget place know place
time forget time know time
Other words: way, identity, story, words, details, history, names.

Both words in one sentence

  • Counting Bullets Nate: You know, Victor, the thing about you is, you know, you get so angry that you forget about the little details.
  • The others way know and fear you as the Digimon Emperor, but never forget I know the real you.
  • As we all know (although I'm sure we'd like to forget), Wookiee Life Day is celebrated quite similarly to Christmas.
    Source: You Mean Xmas
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