🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

잊혀진

Pronunciation / Transliteration: ijhyeojin

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Forgotten/fərˈɡɒtən/
adjectiveverbCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #1500 frequency
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"그 잊혀진 도시의 역사는 지역 역사학자들에 의해 다시 발견되었습니다."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    No longer remembered or considered.

    "The forgotten history of the town was rediscovered by local historians."
As verb
  1. 1

    Past participle of forget; to have failed to remember.

    "I had forgotten my keys at home."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'forgotten' is derived from the Old English 'forgietan', which means 'to lose the power of memory'. The prefix 'for-' indicates a sense of loss, while 'gietan' relates to the act of getting or obtaining. Over time, the term evolved through Middle English as 'forgotten', reflecting a shift towards the notion of something being permanently lost from memory.

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