ignore

ig·nore  (g-nôr, -nr)

tr.v. ig·nored, ig·nor·ing, ig·nores

To refuse to pay attention to; disregard.

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[French ignorer, from Old French, from Latin ignrre; see gn- in Indo-European roots.]

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ig·nora·ble adj.

ig·norer n.

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ignore [ɪgˈnɔː]

vb (tr)

to fail or refuse to notice; disregard

n

Austral informal disregard to treat someone with ignore

[from Latin ignōrāre not to know, from ignārus ignorant of, from i- in-¹ + gnārus knowing; related to Latin noscere to know]

ignorable  adj

ignorer  n

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	ignore - refuse to acknowledge; "She cut him dead at the meeting" disregard, snub, cut do by, treat, handle - interact in a certain way; "Do right by her"; "Treat him with caution, please"; "Handle the press reporters gently"
	2.	ignore - bar from attention or consideration; "She dismissed his advances" brush aside, brush off, discount, dismiss, disregard, push aside cold-shoulder, slight - pay no attention to, disrespect; "She cold-shouldered her ex-fiance" reject - refuse to accept or acknowledge; "I reject the idea of starting a war"; "The journal rejected the student's paper" discredit - cause to be distrusted or disbelieved; "The paper discredited the politician with its nasty commentary" shrug off - minimize the importance of, brush aside; "Jane shrugged off the news that her stock had fallen 3 points" pass off - disregard; "She passed off the insult" flout, scoff - treat with contemptuous disregard; "flout the rules" turn a blind eye - refuse to acknowledge; "He turns a blind eye to the injustices in his office" laugh away, laugh off - deal with a problem by laughing or pretending to be amused by it; "She laughs away all these problems" disoblige - ignore someone's wishes
	3.	ignore - fail to notice pass up - fail to acknowledge; "he passed me up in the street" note, notice, mark - notice or perceive; "She noted that someone was following her"; "mark my words"
	4.	ignore - give little or no attention to; "Disregard the errors" disregard, neglect pretermit - disregard intentionally or let pass
	5.	ignore - be ignorant of or in the dark about cognise, cognize, know - be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about; "I know that the President lied to the people"; "I want to know who is winning the game!"; "I know it's time"

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ignore

verb

1. pay no attention to, neglect, disregard, slight, overlook, scorn, spurn, rebuff, take no notice of, be oblivious to She said her husband ignored her.
pay no attention to note, regard, acknowledge, recognize, heed, pay attention to

2. overlook, discount, disregard, reject, neglect, shrug off, pass over, brush aside, turn a blind eye to, turn a deaf ear to, shut your eyes to Such arguments ignore the important issues.

3. snub, cut (informal), slight, blank (slang), rebuff, cold-shoulder, turn your back on, give (someone) the cold shoulder, send (someone) to Coventry, give (someone) the brush-off I kept sending letters and cards but he just ignored me.

Translations

ignore [ɪgˈnɔːʳ] VT [+ person] (= disregard) → no hacer caso a; (= spurn) → ignorar; [+ remark, danger] → hacer caso omiso de, no hacer caso de; [+ behaviour, rudeness] → pasar por alto; [+ awkward fact] → cerrar los ojos ante
I told him what he should do but he completely ignored me → le dije qué debía hacer pero no me hizo el menor caso
I smiled but she ignored me → le sonreí pero me ignoró or hizo como si no me viera
just ignore him → no le hagas caso
we can safely ignore that → eso lo podemos dejar a un lado

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ignore [ɪgˈnɔː^r] vt

(= pay no attention to) [+ advice] → ne pas tenir compte de, ignorer; [+ feelings] → rester indifférent(e) à, être indifférent(e) à
She ignored my advice → Elle n'a pas tenu compte de mes conseils., Elle a ignoré mes conseils.
I went on talking and ignored his tears → Je continuais à parler, indifférent à ses larmes.

[+ person] → ignorer, ne pas faire attention à
She saw me, but she ignored me → Elle m'a vu, mais elle m'a ignoré.
Just ignore him! → Ne fais pas attention à lui!

(= leave out of account) [+ fact] → ignorer
this ignores the fact that ... → ce serait ignorer que ...
This ignores the fact that many employers break the law on purpose → Ce serait ignorer que de nombreux employeurs contreviennent volontairement à la loi.
Such arguments ignore the question of where ultimate responsibility lay → De tels arguments équivalent à ignorer la question de la responsabilité finale.

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ignore

vt → ignorieren; (= deliberately overlook also) → hinwegsehen über (+acc); (= pass over, pay no attention to) → nicht beachten, unbeachtet lassen; remark → überhören, übergehen; person → übersehen, nicht beachten; I’ll ignore that (remark) → ich habe nichts gehört; but I can’t ignore the fact that … → aber ich kann mich der Tatsache nicht verschließen, dass …

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ignore [ɪgˈnɔːʳ] vt (person) → ignorare; (problem, fact) → trascurare; (remark) → non far caso a; (advice, letter) → non tener in nessun conto; (danger) → non curarsi di; (sb's behaviour) → chiudere un occhio su

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ignore [ɪgˈnɔːʳ] vt (person) → ignorare; (problem, fact) → trascurare; (remark) → non far caso a; (advice, letter) → non tener in nessun conto; (danger) → non curarsi di; (sb's behaviour) → chiudere un occhio su

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ignore

v ignore [igˈnoː]

to take no notice of; to pay no attention to He ignored all my warnings. ignoreer يَتَجاهَل пренебрегвам nedbat (na) ignorere ignorieren αγνοώ, αδιαφορώ για κτ., παραβλέπω desatender, no hacer caso de, hacer caso omiso de eirama, ignoreerima اعتنا نکردن؛ بی توجهی کردن sivuuttaa ne tenir aucun compte de לְהִתעַלֵם अवज्ञा करना ignorirati nem vesz tudomásul mengabaikan hunsa, virða að vettugi ignorare 無視する 무시하다 ignoruoti, nekreipti dėmesio į ignorēt; neievērot tidak endah negeren overse, overhøre, ignorere lekceważyć ignorar a ignora, a nu ţine seama de игнорировать ignorovať ne zmeniti se za ignorisati ignorera, strunta i ทำเพิกเฉย görmemezlikten/duymamazlıktan gelmek 忽視 ігнорувати نظر انداز کرنا không để ý 忽视

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ignore → يَتَجاهل ignorovat ignorere ignorieren αγνοώ hacer caso omiso, ignorar olla välittämättä ignorer ignorirati ignorare 無視する 무시하다 negeren ignorere zignorować ignorar игнорировать ignorera ไม่สนใจ görmezden gelmek lờ đi 不理睬