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잊어버리다

ijeobeorida[이저버리다]Beginner · TOPIK IThinking & knowing

forget; be forgetful of

Verb

  1. 1

    forget; be forgetful of

    To not remember or fail to remember something that one knew once.

    Korean definition: 한번 알았던 것을 모두 기억하지 못하거나 전혀 기억해 내지 못하다.

    • As Seunggyu got older, he quickly forgot people's names and dates.

    • Having not used it for a long time, I ended up forgetting my email account password.

  2. 2

    forget

    To momentarily fail to recall something that one should remember.

    Korean definition: 기억해야 할 것을 한순간 전혀 생각해 내지 못하다.

    • The homeowner forgot to turn off the heater, and a fire broke out.

    • Jisu didn't mean to break her appointment with her friend, but she just forgot.

  3. 3

    forget; dismiss something from one's mind; think no more of

    To put one's difficulties, pain, or bad things of the past out of one's mind, or not care about them.

    Korean definition: 어려움이나 고통, 또는 좋지 않은 지난 일을 마음속에 두지 않거나 신경 쓰지 않다.

    • Seunggyu resolved to forget about minor stresses.

    • From now on there'll only be good things, so forget all the heartbreaking things.

  4. 4

    forget

    To not keep one's duty or one's debt to someone in one's mind.

    Korean definition: 마땅히 해야 할 일이나 은혜 등을 마음에 새겨 두지 않다.

    • If you've received a kindness, you must not forget it.

    • We often live forgetting our gratitude to our parents.