ignore

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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^(key): /ɪɡˈnɔː/
• (US) enPR: ĭgnôrʹ, IPA^(key): /ɪɡˈnoɹ/
• (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) enPR: ĭgnōrʹ, IPA^(key): /ɪɡˈno(ː)ɹ/
• (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA^(key): /ɪɡˈnoə/
• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)
• Hyphenation: ig‧nore

Verb

ignore (third-person singular simple present ignores, present participle ignoring, simple past and past participle ignored) (transitive)

1. To deliberately not listen or pay attention to.

   Synonyms: disregard, neglect; see also Thesaurus:ignore

   Antonyms: notice, recognize, watch; see also Thesaurus:pay attention
2. To pretend to not notice someone or something.

   Synonyms: overlook, turn a blind eye to, wink at, (obsolete) connive

   Antonyms: notice, observe

3. (obsolete) Fail to notice.

   Synonyms: overlook; see also Thesaurus:fail to notice

4. (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

Translations

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^(key): /i.ɲɔʁ/

Verb

ignore

1. inflection of ignorer:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• région

Galician

Verb

ignore

1. inflection of ignorar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Portuguese

Verb

ignore

1. inflection of ignorar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [iɡˈno.re]

Verb

ignore

1. third-person singular/plural present subjunctive of ignora

Spanish

Verb

ignore

1. inflection of ignorar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative