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ignore
[ ig-nawr, -nohr ]
ignore
/ ɪɡˈnɔː /
verb
- to fail or refuse to notice; disregard
noun
- informal.disregard
to treat someone with ignore
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Derived Forms
- igˈnorable, adjective
- igˈnorer, noun
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Other Words From
- ig·nora·ble adjective
- ig·norer noun
- unig·nora·ble adjective
- unig·nora·bly adverb
- unig·nored adjective
- unig·noring adjective
- well-ig·nored adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of ignore1
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Example Sentences
When it comes to educating our children, Congress should heed that message, not ignore it.
But the increasing number of fraudsters bringing back wares to stores to make an illicit killing has become impossible to ignore.
Watters and other critics also ignore the fact that the whole report is based on CIA documents.
I am only able to ignore because I have had to have these conversations in person and that is the most traumatic experience.
“It is forbidden in Islam to ignore the reality of contemporary times when deriving legal rulings,” they argued.
In cases in which no attempt is made to ignore the accusation, the small wits are wont to be busy discovering exculpations.
I believe we shall never get on with human affairs until we do ignore them.
Never again would she ignore an urgent telegram, though she did not believe that this telegram had any real importance.
This is one of the truths which sloth, rapacity and extravagance are slow to learn, yet which they cannot safely ignore.
He could see the unconcealed delight, and the malice that had always been, but which before he had been able to ignore.
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