oblivion
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English oblivion, from Anglo-Norman oblivion, from Latin oblīviō (“forgetfulness”), from oblīvīscor (“to forget”).
Inflected forms:
form: oblivions
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: oblivions
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: oblivioning
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: oblivioned
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: oblivioned
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: The state of forgetting completely, of being oblivious, unconscious, unaware, as when sleeping, drunk, or dead.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
examples: He regularly drank himself into oblivion.
Only the oblivion of sleep can heal the greatest traumas.
gloss: The state of being completely forgotten, of being reduced to a state of non-existence, extinction, or nothingness, including through war and destruction. (Figuratively) for an area like hell, a wasteland.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
examples: Due to modern technology, many more people and much more information will not slip into oblivion, contrary to what happened throughout history until now.
They tried to bomb them into oblivion.
I will cast them into oblivion!
gloss: A form of purgatory.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
gloss: Amnesty.
pos: noun
tags: obsolete
uncountable
usually
gloss: To consign to oblivion; to efface utterly.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
Synonyms: forgetness
Related words: obliviation
oblivious
oubliette
obliteration
Derived words: obliviate
oblivionate
oblivionize
Translations:
lang: Albanian
word: harresë
lang: Arabic
word: نِسْيَان
roman: nisyān
lang: Bulgarian
word: забраванство
roman: zabravanstvo
lang: Catalan
word: oblit
lang: Czech
word: zapomnění
lang: Danish
word: glemsel
lang: Dutch
word: vergeetachtigheid
lang: Finnish
word: hajamielisyys
lang: Finnish
word: unohtelu
lang: French
word: oubli
lang: Galician
word: esquecemento
lang: Georgian
word: გულმავიწყობა
roman: gulmavic̣q̇oba
lang: German
word: Vergessen
lang: Greek
word: λησμονιά
roman: lismoniá
lang: Greek
word: λήθη
roman: líthi
lang: Ancient Greek
word: λήθη
roman: lḗthē
lang: Hebrew
word: שִׁכְחָה
roman: shikhkhá
lang: Hungarian
word: feledés
lang: Ido
word: oblivieso
lang: Italian
word: oblio
lang: Italian
word: dimenticanza
lang: Italian
word: smemorataggine
lang: Italian
word: smemoratezza
lang: Italian
word: scordamento
lang: Latin
word: oblīviō
lang: Latvian
word: aizmirstība
lang: Latvian
word: aizmirsība
lang: Macedonian
word: заборав
roman: zaborav
lang: Middle English
word: oblivion
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: glemsel
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: gløymsle
lang: Polish
word: nieświadomość
lang: Portuguese
word: esquecimento
lang: Portuguese
word: olvido
lang: Portuguese
word: oblívio
lang: Russian
word: забытье́
roman: zabytʹjé
lang: Russian
word: забытьё
roman: zabytʹjó
lang: Slovak
word: zabudnutie
lang: Slovak
word: zabúdanie
lang: Spanish
word: olvido
lang: Spanish
word: desmemoria
lang: Spanish
word: olvidanza
lang: Tachawit
word: itta
lang: Turkish
word: nisyan
lang: Turkish
word: unutma
lang: Ukrainian
word: забуття
roman: zabuttja
lang: Welsh
word: angof
lang: Esperanto
word: nekonscio
lang: Finnish
word: olemattomuus
lang: Welsh
word: ebargofiant