Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

forgetting

/fɚˈɡɛtɪŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.92 in modern English

Syllables: for-get-ting
IPA: /fɚˈɡɛtɪŋ/

15

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of forget

noun

The mental act by which something is forgotten.

Example Sentences

"Jelliffe […] asks again and again […] how it was possible for an illness which had been described unmistakably innumerable times to be 'forgotten' anew by each generation. Such forgettings are as dangerous as they are mysterious, for they give us an unwarranted sense of security."
"This inability to articulate a complete description can be thought of as of a "piece" with human finitude; the limits, deaths, and forgettings, the "off switches" that also comprise the human narrative."

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /fɚˈɡɛtɪŋ/
British English: /fəˈɡɛtɪŋ/

Inflected Forms

forgettings (plural)

Derived Forms

forgettingly forgettingness unforgetting

Phrases

catastrophic forgetting

Rhymes With

getting setting letting betting sweating upsetting netting vetting petting regretting wetting offsetting

Questions

How do you pronounce forgetting?: The recorded pronunciation is /fɚˈɡɛtɪŋ/.
What does forgetting mean?: present participle and gerund of forget

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