ignore

verbcommon in dialogue

United Kingdom//ɪɡˈnɔː//
Canada//ɪɡˈnoɹ//
Australia//ɪɡˈnoː//
New Zealand//əɡˈnoː//
Scotland//ɪɡˈnoɾ//

To deliberately not listen or pay attention to.

verb

1
To deliberately not listen or pay attention to.
A problem ignored is a problem doubled.
Ignore these four words.
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.
2
To pretend to not notice someone or something.
3
obsoleteFail to notice.
4
obsoleteNot to know.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃-der. Latin īgnōrōlbor. French ignorer English ignore From French ignorer, from Latin ignōrō (“to have no knowledge of, mistake, take no notice of, ignore”), from ignārus (“not knowing”), from in- (“not”) + gnārus (“knowing”), from gnōscō, nōscō; see know.

Forms

past tense: ignored
past participle: ignored
present participle: ignoring
third person singular: ignores

ignorance · The condition of being uninformed or uneducated; lack of…Ignorance · A personification of ignorance.ignorant · Unknowledgeable or uneducated; characterized by ignorance.

ignore · To deliberately not listen or pay attention to.

ignoring · The act by which something is ignored.Igor · A male given name from Russian.Ii · A surname from Japanese.

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