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ignore

//ɪɡˈnɔː//

Verb

A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

Note for ignore

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Forms

present (v1): ignore
past (v2): ignored
past participle (v3): ignored
present participle: ignoring
3rd person singular: ignores

Definitions

1.To deliberately not listen or pay attention to.
- A problem ignored is a problem doubled.
2.To pretend to not notice someone or something.

Frequency

Overall

Common· #1362

By learning goal

Everyday conversation: Rare
General reading & writing: Common
Academic: Rare
Literature: Uncommon

Related words

Antonyms

know

Synonyms

cut

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃-der.

Latin īgnōrōlbor.

French ignorer

English ignore

From French ignorer, from Latin ignōrō (“to have no knowledge of, mistake, take no notice of, ignore”), from ignārus (“not knowing”), from in- (“not”) + gnārus (“knowing”), from gnōscō, nōscō; see know.

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Wiktionary (Wiktextract) (CC BY-SA)
Princeton WordNet (WordNet License)
Tatoeba (CC BY)
COCA / wordfrequency.info (derived frequency bands only)

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