FORGETS Synonyms: 86 Similar and Opposite Words

forgets

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present tense third-person singular of forget

as in misses

to be unable to recall or think of I forget exactly on which street that the house is

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as in ignores

to fail to give proper attention to she promised not to forget her high school friends after she went off to college

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as in neglects

to leave undone or unattended to especially through carelessness he forgot the pot boiling on the stove

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as in fails

to miss the opportunity or obligation I forgot to call on his birthday

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This approach does not address systemic problems around compensation decisions and misses the opportunity to create meaningful, lasting change in an organization.

Lyssa Hansard, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
But all this misses the point—the point which Matthew’s first readers would have heard loud and clear.

N.T. Wright, TIME, 20 Dec. 2024

Definition of misses

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