ignore

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.

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ĭgnôʹ, IPA^(key): /ɪɡˈnɔː/
• (US) enPR: ĭgnôrʹ, IPA^(key): /ɪɡˈnɔɹ/
• (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) enPR: ĭgnōrʹ, IPA^(key): /ɪɡˈno(ː)ɹ/
• (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA^(key): /ɪɡˈnoə/

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• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)
• Hyphenation: ig‧nore

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.
   • 2013 July 19, Mark Tran, “Denied an education by war”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 6, page 1:

     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.

2. To pretend to not notice someone or something.
3. (obsolete) Fail to notice.
4. (obsolete) Not to know.

• misheed
• neglect
• turn a blind eye
• unmind
• unheed

• notice
• recognize
• watch

• ignorable

• ignorance
• ignorant

• ignore in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• ignore in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

• Regino, eringo, ingoer, region

ignore

1. first-person singular present indicative of ignorer
2. third-person singular present indicative of ignorer
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of ignorer
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of ignorer
5. second-person singular imperative of ignorer

• région

ignore

1. First-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of ignorar
2. Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você^?) present subjunctive of ignorar
3. Third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of ignorar
4. Third-person singular (você) negative imperative of ignorar

ignore

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of ignorar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of ignorar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of ignorar.