ignore
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: simple
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.
Inflected forms:
form: ignores
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: ignoring
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: ignored
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: ignored
pos: verb
tags: past
form: no-table-tags
pos: verb
tags: table-tags
form: glossary
pos: verb
tags: inflection-template
form: ignore
pos: verb
tags: infinitive
form: ignore
pos: verb
tags: first-person
present
singular
form: ignored
pos: verb
tags: first-person
past
singular
form: ignore
pos: verb
tags: present
second-person
singular
form: ignorest
pos: verb
tags: archaic
present
second-person
singular
form: ignored
pos: verb
tags: past
second-person
singular
form: ignoredst
pos: verb
tags: archaic
past
second-person
singular
form: ignores
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: ignoreth
pos: verb
tags: archaic
present
singular
third-person
form: ignored
pos: verb
tags: past
singular
third-person
form: ignore
pos: verb
tags: plural
present
form: ignored
pos: verb
tags: past
plural
form: ignore
pos: verb
tags: present
subjunctive
form: ignored
pos: verb
tags: past
subjunctive
form: ignore
pos: verb
tags: imperative
present
form: -
pos: verb
tags: imperative
past
form: ignoring
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: ignored
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
Senses:
gloss: To deliberately not listen or pay attention to.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: 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.
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.
gloss: To pretend to not notice someone or something.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: Fail to notice.
pos: verb
tags: obsolete
transitive
gloss: Not to know.
pos: verb
tags: obsolete
transitive
Synonyms: brush off
discount
disregard
dissemble
despise
ignore
misheed
misregard
neglect
pass
pass by
pay no heed
put aside
set at nought
shrug off
slough
take no notice of
tune out
unheed
unmind
Antonyms: examine
pay attention
recognize
watch
Related words: ignorance
ignoral
ignorant
close one's eyes
look the other way
shut one's eyes
turn a blind eye
turn a deaf ear
turn one's back
zone out
fail to notice
avoid
ostracization
Derived words: iggy
ignorability
ignorable
ignoration
ignore all previous instructions
ignore all rules
ignoree
ignore list
ignorement
ignorome
ignorosphere
ignortion
reignore
unignore
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