ignore

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See also: ignoré

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From French ignorer, from Latin ignōrō (“to have no knowledge of, mistake, take no notice of, ignore”), from ignārus (“not knowing”), from in + gnārus (“knowing”), from gnōscō, nōscō; see know.

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

  1. To deliberately not listen or pay attention to.
    A problem ignored is a problem doubled.
    • 2004, Carlin, George, When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops?‎[1], New York: Hyperion Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 109:
      Ignore these four words.
    • 2013 July 19, Mark Tran, “Denied an education by war”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 6, page 1:
      One particularly damaging, but often ignored, effect of conflict on education is the proliferation of attacks on schools […] as children, teachers or school buildings become the targets of attacks. Parents fear sending their children to school. Girls are particularly vulnerable to sexual violence.
    • 2023 March 8, Howard Johnston, “Was Marples the real railway wrecker?”, in RAIL, number 978, page 53:
      The late Professor Pat White was an outspoken critic. In his 1986 book Forgotten Railways, he dismissed as smoke and mirrors the oft-used argument that 33% of rail routes carried only 1% of the traffic, as it ignores the fact that a third of the national road network also only carried 2% of cars and lorries. But unlike rail, road got away with it because no mention was made of how much it cost the taxpayer to keep them usable.
    Synonyms: misheed, neglect, unmind, unheed; see also Thesaurus:ignore
    Antonyms: notice, recognize, watch; see also Thesaurus:pay attention
  2. To pretend to not notice someone or something.
    Synonyms: connive, dissimulate, overlook, turn a blind eye to, wink at
    Antonyms: notice, observe
  3. (obsolete) Fail to notice.
    Synonyms: misheed, overlook; see also Thesaurus:fail to notice
  4. (obsolete) Not to know.
    Synonym: be ignorant of
    Antonym: know

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ignore

  1. inflection of ignorer:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

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ignore

  1. inflection of ignorar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

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ignore

  1. third-person singular/plural present subjunctive of ignora

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ignore

  1. inflection of ignorar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative
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