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ignore

  • verb
  • ig·nore
  • ĭgnôʹ

To deliberately not listen or pay attention to.

Example

“A problem ignored is a problem doubled.”

Other meanings

  1. To pretend to not notice someone or something.

  2. Fail to notice.

Related words

  • iggy
  • ignorability
  • ignoration
  • ignoree
  • ignorement
  • ignorome
  • ignorosphere
  • ignortion
  • reignore
  • unignore
  • ignorable
  • ignore all rules

Example sentences

  • “It's no longer possible to ignore them.”

    Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0
  • “She found him impossible to ignore.”

    Tatoeba · Igider · CC0

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “ignore” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.