Definitions for ignore

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. ignore, disregard, snub, cut(verb)

    refuse to acknowledge

    "She cut him dead at the meeting"

  2. dismiss, disregard, brush aside, brush off, discount, push aside, ignore(verb)

    bar from attention or consideration

    "She dismissed his advances"

  3. ignore(verb)

    fail to notice

  4. neglect, ignore, disregard(verb)

    give little or no attention to

    "Disregard the errors"

  5. ignore(verb)

    be ignorant of or in the dark about

Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary

  1. ignore(verb)ɪgˈnɔr, -ˈnoʊr

    to deliberately not notice

    Why is he ignoring her?; He ignored the no smoking signs and lit his cigarette.

  2. ignoreɪgˈnɔr, -ˈnoʊr

    to not consider

    You can't ignore the fact that world temperatures are increasing.

Wiktionary

  1. ignore(Verb)

    To deliberately pay no attention to.

  2. ignore(Verb)

    Fail to notice.

  3. Origin: From ignorer, from ignorare, from ignarus, from in + gnarus, from *, noscere; see know.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Ignore(verb)

    to be ignorant of or not acquainted with

  2. Ignore(verb)

    to throw out or reject as false or ungrounded; -- said of a bill rejected by a grand jury for want of evidence. See Ignoramus

  3. Ignore(verb)

    hence: To refuse to take notice of; to shut the eyes to; not to recognize; to disregard willfully and causelessly; as, to ignore certain facts; to ignore the presence of an objectionable person


Translations for ignore

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

ignore(verb)

to take no notice of; to pay no attention to

He ignored all my warnings.

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