ignore
See also: ignoré
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ĭgnôʹ, IPA(key): /ɪɡˈnɔː/
- (US) enPR: ĭgnôrʹ, IPA(key): /ɪɡˈnɔɹ/
- (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) enPR: ĭgnōrʹ, IPA(key): /ɪɡˈno(ː)ɹ/
- (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /ɪɡˈnoə/
Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)
- Hyphenation: ig‧nore
Verb
[edit]ignore (third-person singular simple present ignores, present participle ignoring, simple past and past participle ignored) (transitive)
- To deliberately not listen or pay attention to.
- Synonyms: disregard, neglect; see also Thesaurus:ignore
- Antonyms: notice, recognize, watch; see also Thesaurus:pay attention
- A problem ignored is a problem doubled.
- 2004, George Carlin, 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.
- To pretend to not notice someone or something.
- (obsolete) Fail to notice.
- Synonyms: overlook; see also Thesaurus:fail to notice
- (obsolete) Not to know.
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]to deliberately pay no attention to
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Further reading
[edit]- “ignore”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “ignore”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
Anagrams
[edit]French
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[edit]Verb
[edit]ignore
- inflection of ignorer:
Anagrams
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- inflection of ignorar:
Portuguese
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- inflection of ignorar:
Romanian
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Spanish
[edit]Verb
[edit]ignore
- inflection of ignorar:
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