ignore

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See also: ignoré

English

Etymology

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.
    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?‎, 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.
  2. To pretend to not notice someone or something.
    Synonyms: overlook, turn a blind eye to, wink at, (obsolete) connive
    Antonyms: notice, observe
  3. (obsolete) Fail to notice.
    Synonyms: overlook; see also Thesaurus:fail to notice
  4. (obsolete) Not to know.
    Synonym: be ignorant of
    Antonym: know

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French

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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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Galician

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ignore

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

Portuguese

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ignore

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

Romanian

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ignore

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

Spanish

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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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