ignore
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: ĭgnôʹ
ipa: /ɪɡˈnɔː/
enpr: ĭgnôrʹ
ipa: /ɪɡˈnoɹ/
note: rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
enpr: ĭgnōrʹ
ipa: /ɪɡˈno(ː)ɹ/
note: rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
note: non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
ipa: /ɪɡˈnoə/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)
Forms: form: ignores
form: ignoring
form: ignored
form: ignored
form: no-table-tags
form: glossary
form: ignore
form: ignore
form: ignored
form: ignore
form: ignorest
form: ignored
form: ignoredst
form: ignores
form: ignoreth
form: ignored
form: ignore
form: ignored
form: ignore
form: ignored
form: ignore
form: -
form: ignoring
form: ignored
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.
Senses: examples: text: A problem ignored is a problem doubled.
text: Ignore these four words.
ref: 2004, George Carlin, When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops?, New York: Hyperion Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 109:
text: 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.
ref: 2013 July 19, Mark Tran, “Denied an education by war”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 6, page 1:
text: 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.
ref: 2023 March 8, Howard Johnston, “Was Marples the real railway wrecker?”, in RAIL, number 978, page 53:
synonyms: disregard
neglect
antonyms: word: notice
word: recognize
word: watch
word: ignore
word: fail to notice
glosses: To deliberately not listen or pay attention to.
synonyms: overlook
turn a blind eye to
wink at
connive
antonyms: notice
observe
glosses: To pretend to not notice someone or something.
synonyms: word: overlook
word: ignore
word: misheed
word: misregard
word: miss
word: overlook
word: overpass
word: oversee
glosses: Fail to notice.
synonyms: be ignorant of
antonyms: know
glosses: Not to know.
Synonyms: word: brush off
word: disregard
word: dissemble
word: ignore
word: slough
word: discount
word: misheed
word: misregard
word: neglect
word: pass
word: pass by
word: pay no heed
word: put aside
word: shrug off
word: take no notice of
word: tune out
word: unmind
word: unheed
Hyponyms: word: air
word: blank
word: cold-shoulder
word: cut someone cold
word: cut someone dead
word: ghost
word: give someone the brush-off
word: give someone the cold shoulder
word: leper
word: ostracize
word: send to Coventry
word: shun
word: slight
word: snub
word: boycott
word: disobey
Derived terms: iggy
ignorability
ignorable
ignoration
ignore all previous instructions
ignore all rules
ignoree
ignore list
ignorement
ignorome
ignorosphere
ignortion
reignore
unignore
Related terms: word: ignorance
word: ignoral
word: ignorant
word: close one's eyes
word: look the other way
word: shut one's eyes
word: turn a blind eye
word: turn a deaf ear
word: turn one's back
word: zone out
word: fail to notice
word: avoid