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ignore
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ig·nore  (g-nôr, -nr)
tr.v. ig·nored, ig·nor·ing, ig·nores
To refuse to pay attention to; disregard.

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

ig·nora·ble adj.
ig·norer n.

ignore
Verb
[-noring, -nored] to refuse to notice; disregard deliberately [Latin ignorare not to know]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Verb1.ignore - refuse to acknowledge; "She cut him dead at the meeting"
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"
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"
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"

ignore
verb 1. pay no attention to, neglect, disregard, slight, overlook, scorn, spurn, rebuff, take no notice of, be oblivious to << OPPOSITE pay attention to
verb 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
verb 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
Translations
ignore [ɪgˈnɔːʳ] vt [+ person] → no hacer caso de [+ fact]; pasar por alto

ignore [ɪgˈnɔːʳ] vtne tenir aucun compte de [+ mistake]; ne pas relever [+ person] (= pretend to not see); faire semblant de ne pas reconnaître: (= pay no attention to); ignorer

ignore [ɪgˈnɔːʳ] vtignorieren;
(fact) → außer Acht lassen

ignore [ɪgˈnɔːʳ] vtnon tener conto di [+ person, fact]; ignorare

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, hacer caso de no, hacer caso omiso de eirama, ignoreerima اعتنا نکردن؛ بی توجهی کردن jättää huomiotta 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


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