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verb
- 1. refuse to take notice of or acknowledge; disregard intentionally: "he ignored her outraged question" Similar Opposite
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The meaning of IGNORE is to refuse to take notice of. How to use ignore in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Ignore.
to intentionally not listen or give attention to: She can be really irritating but I try to ignore her. Safety regulations are being ignored by company managers in the drive to increase profits. How can the government ignore the wishes of the majority? I smiled at her but she just ignored me. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples.
to intentionally not listen or give attention to: She can be really irritating but I try to ignore her. Safety regulations are being ignored by company managers in the drive to increase profits. How can the government ignore the wishes of the majority? I smiled at her but she just ignored me. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples.
/ɪɡˈnɔːr/ Verb Forms. ignore something to pay no attention to something synonym disregard. He ignored the 30 mph speed limit sign and accelerated down the road. I made a suggestion but they chose to ignore it. We cannot afford to ignore their advice. to ignore a warning/a problem/an issue.
Definition of 'ignore' ignore. (ɪgnɔːʳ ) Word forms: ignores , ignoring , ignored. 1. verb B2. If you ignore someone or something, you pay no attention to them. Why are you ignoring me? [VERB noun] The government had ignored his views on the subject. [VERB noun] She ignored legal advice to drop the case. [VERB noun]
/ɪɡˈnɔr/ ig-NOR. See pronunciation. Where does the verb ignore come from? Earliest known use. Middle English. The earliest known use of the verb ignore is in the Middle English period (1150—1500). OED's earliest evidence for ignore is from around 1475, in Chartier's Quadrilogue. ignore is a borrowing from French. Etymons: French ignorer.
Definitions of 'ignore'. 1. If you ignore someone or something, you pay no attention to them. [...] 2. If you say that an argument or theory ignores an important aspect of a situation, you are criticizing it because it fails to consider that aspect or to take it into account. [...] More.
to pay no attention to something or someone: They just ignored him and carried on with the game. We cannot afford to ignore the fact that the world's population is increasing rapidly. Fewer examples. It would be foolish to ignore his advice. Their complaints have been largely ignored. They ignored me completely.
1. to refrain from noticing or recognizing: to ignore insulting remarks. 2. (of a grand jury) to reject (a bill of indictment), esp. on grounds of insufficient evidence. s. [1605–15; < Latin ignōrāre to not know, disregard] ig•nor′a•ble, adj. ig•nor′er, n.
To ignore something is to disregard it. If you ignore the rules of grammar, you're likely to be misunderstood. It's easy to see the relationship between ignore and a word such as ignorant. To be ignorant of something is to know nothing about it.
