Forget and Maintain

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Forget

Forget verb - To leave undone or unattended to especially through carelessness.
Usage example: he forgot the pot boiling on the stove
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Maintain is an antonym for forget.
Nearby Words: forgetful, forgetting, forgetfully

Maintain

Maintain verb - To keep in good condition.
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Forget is an antonym for maintain in topics: assert, keep up.
Nearby Words: maintained, maintaining, maintainable, maintainability
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Common collocations

life forget life maintain life
relationship forget relationship maintain relationship
place forget place maintain place
identity forget identity maintain identity
Other words: world, existence.

Both words in one sentence

  • Power Incontinence It's not so much they forget, they (or at least Elayne) DO muffle it at first but they were um... occupied after that and didn't maintain it.
    Source: Power Incontinence
  • It may have been just for the taste, but could conceivably have helped them maintain human form (you never forget your first Epileptic Tree).
    Source: Sense Freak
  • In the Angel episode "Spin the Bottle", when a spell causes Angel to forget everything after the age of 17, when he was still human, David Boreanaz doesn't even try to maintain Liam's accent.
    Source: Not Even Bothering with the Accent
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