ignore

See also ignoré

English

Etymology

From French ignorer, from Latin ignorare (“to have no knowledge of, mistake, take no notice of, ignore”), from ignarus (“not knowing”), from in + gnarus (“knowing”), from *gnoscere, noscere; see know.

Pronunciation

• (RP) enPR: ĭgnyô', IPA: /ɪɡˈnjɔː/, SAMPA: /Ig"nO:/
• (US) enPR: ĭgnōr', IPA: /ɪɡˈnoʊɹ/, SAMPA: /Ig"noUr\/

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  • Rhymes: -ɔː(r)

Verb

ignore (third-person singular simple present ignores, present participle ignoring, simple past and past participle ignored)

1. To deliberately pay no attention to.
2. (obsolete) Fail to notice.

Synonyms

• turn a blind eye

Antonyms

• watch

Derived terms

• ignorable

Related terms

• ignorance
• ignorant

Translations

to deliberately pay no attention to

Afrikaans: ignoreer (af) Albanian: injoroj (sq) Arabic: تجاهل (ar) (tajaahala) Chinese: Mandarin: 忽視 (cmn), 忽视 (cmn) (hūshì), 忽略 (cmn) (hūlüè), 不理 (cmn) (bù lǐ), 不問 (cmn), 不问 (cmn) (bù wèn) Czech: ignorovat (cs) Danish: ignorere (da) Dutch: negeren (nl) Esperanto: ignori (eo) Finnish: jättää huomiotta, olla välittämättä, sivuttaa (fi) French: ne pas rendre compte de German: ignorieren (de), missachten (de) Icelandic: hunsa (is) Interlingua: ignorar (ia) Italian: ignorare (it) Japanese: 顧みない (かえりみない, kaeriminai), 無視する (ja) (mushi-suru), 目をつぶる (ja) (me-o tsuburu)

Korean: 무시하다 (ko) (mu-si-ha-da) Latin: ignoro (la) Luxembourgish: ignoréieren (lb) Norwegian: ignorere (no) Occitan: ignorar (oc) Polish: ignorować (pl) Russian: игнорировать (ru) (ignorírovat'), пренебрегать (ru) (prenebregát'), не принимать во внимание (ru) (ne prinimát' vo vnimánije) Scottish Gaelic: leig seachad (gd) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: игнорисати (sh) (ignorisati), игнорирати (sh) (ignorirati) Latin: ignorisati (sh), ignorirati (sh) Spanish: ignorar (es) Swahili: puuza (sw) Swedish: ignorera (sv) Telugu: విస్మరించు (vismariMchu)

External links

• ignore in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• ignore in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

Anagrams

• region

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French

Verb

ignore

1. first-person singular present indicative of ignorer
2. third-person singular present indicative of ignorer
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of ignorer
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of ignorer
5. second-person singular imperative of ignorer

Anagrams

• région

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Portuguese

Verb

ignore

1. First-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of verb ignorar.
2. Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você^?) present subjunctive of verb ignorar.
3. Third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of verb ignorar.
4. Third-person singular (você) negative imperative of verb ignorar.

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Spanish

Verb

ignore (infinitive ignorar)

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of ignorar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of ignorar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of ignorar.