# ignore
## 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.

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ĭgnôʹ, IPA: /ɪɡˈnɔː/
* (US) enPR: ĭgnôrʹ, IPA: /ɪɡˈnoɹ/
* (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) enPR: ĭgnōrʹ, IPA: /ɪɡˈno(ː)ɹ/
* (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA: /ɪɡˈnoə/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)
* Hyphenation: ig‧nore

### Verb

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?‎, 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.
    Synonyms: overlook, turn a blind eye to, wink at, (obsolete) connive
    Antonyms: notice, observe
* (obsolete) Fail to notice.
    Synonyms: overlook; see also Thesaurus:fail to notice
* (obsolete) Not to know.
    Synonym: be ignorant of
    Antonym: know

#### Derived terms

* ignorable
* ignore all previous instructions
* ignore all rules
* ignore list

#### Related terms

* ignorance
* ignoral
* ignorant

#### Further reading

* “ignore”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
* William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “ignore”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.

### Anagrams

* Regino, eringo, ingoer, region

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /i.ɲɔʁ/
* Audio:(file)

### Verb

ignore
* inflection of ignorer:
** first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
** second-person singular imperative

### Anagrams

* région

## Galician
### Verb

ignore
* inflection of ignorar:
** first/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative

## Portuguese
### Verb

ignore
* inflection of ignorar:
** first/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative

## Romanian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [iɡˈno.re]

### Verb

ignore
* third-person singular/plural present subjunctive of ignora

## Spanish
### Verb

ignore
* inflection of ignorar:
** first/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative