Meaning

1 senses

  1. To consign to oblivion; to efface utterly.

Examples

11 sentences

  1. This cooking technique has passed into oblivion.

    deDiese Zubereitungsart ist dem Vergessen anheimgefallen. — Yorwba

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  2. The writer died in poverty and oblivion.

    ruПисатель умер в нищете и забвении. — marafon

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  3. He'll end up in oblivion for all his crimes.

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  4. Tom fell into oblivion.

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  5. Maria yearned for sweet oblivion.

    ruМария тосковала о сладком забвении. — Ooneykcall

    deMaria sehnte sich nach süßem Vergessen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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Origin

Inherited from Middle English oblivion, from Anglo-Norman oblivion, from Latin oblīviō (“f

Inherited from Middle English oblivion, from Anglo-Norman oblivion, from Latin oblīviō (“forgetfulness”), from oblīvīscor (“to forget”).

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Forms

oblivions, oblivioning, oblivioned, oblivioned
Base formoblivion · to oblivion
3rd person singularoblivions
Present participleoblivioning
Past simpleoblivioned
Past participleoblivioned

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyoblivion
he, she, itoblivions

Past simpleLesson

all personsoblivioned

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave oblivioned
he, she, ithas oblivioned

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill oblivion

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
obligeC1obliquelyobliterateobliviousoblong
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