Definitions for ignore
ig·nore

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. ignore, disregard, snub, cutverb

   refuse to acknowledge

   "She cut him dead at the meeting"

2. dismiss, disregard, brush aside, brush off, discount, push aside, ignoreverb

   bar from attention or consideration

   "She dismissed his advances"

3. ignoreverb

   fail to notice

4. neglect, ignore, disregardverb

   give little or no attention to

   "Disregard the errors"

5. ignoreverb

   be ignorant of or in the dark about

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. ignoreverb

   To deliberately pay no attention to.

2. ignoreverb

   Fail to notice.

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

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To Ignoreverb

   Not to know; to be ignorant of. This word Boyle endeavoured to introduce; but it has not been received.

   Etymology: ignorer, French; ignoro, Latin.

   I ignored not the stricter interpretation, given by modern criticks to divers texts, by me alleged. Boyle.

   Philosophy would solidly be established, if men would more carefully distinguish those things that they know from those that they ignore. Boyle.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. ignore

   Ignoring is the present participle of ignore meaning: "to refuse to pay attention to; disregard".

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1. ignore

   To ignore is to deliberately overlook, pay no attention to, or disregard something or someone. It can also refer to the act of refusing to consider or acknowledge, often due to indifference or nonchalance.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Ignoreverb

   to be ignorant of or not acquainted with

2. Ignoreverb

   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. Ignoreverb

   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

4. Etymology: [L. ignorare; pref. in- not + the root of gnarus knowing, noscere to become acquainted with. See Know, and cf. Narrate.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Ignore

   ig-nōr′, v.t. wilfully to disregard: to set aside. [Fr.,—L. ignorāre, not to know—in, not, and gno-, root of (g)noscĕre, to know.]

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British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'ignore' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3970

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'ignore' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2832

3. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'ignore' in Verbs Frequency: #288

Anagrams for ignore »

1. region

How to pronounce ignore?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of ignore in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of ignore in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of ignore in a Sentence

1. Ohio GOP Rep. Jim Jordan:

   As one of his final acts as U.S. attorney for Washington, D.C., Ronald Machen used his power as a political weapon to undermine the rule of law, machen was legally bound to convene a grand jury, but instead he ignored his obligation and unilaterally decided to ignore the will of the House. … This is wrong, and a great example of why so many Americans distrust their government.

2. Evan Marshall:

   Bases loaded, bases empty, that's my job, it doesn't matter what's going on out there, I'm gonna go out there and do my best to be effective. You sort of ignore what's going on around you and worry about your own business.

3. Deputy District Attorney Habib Balian:

   You can ignore everything else in this case, and if we spent one day trying this to you, here’s what you would have: You’d have a note sent by the killer that only the killer could have written that the defendant has admitted only the killer wrote. And the defendant has stipulated, ‘I wrote the cadaver note and envelope that only the killer could have written.’.

4. Mohamed Shariff Mohamed Din:

   We can not ignore that changes are happening there due to higher temperatures.

5. Amiya Powell:

   Dream Big. Nope, BIGGER. Ignore those who laugh at your goals. They will need that sense of humor when they're fetching your coffee.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=ignore
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Ignore
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=ignore
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ignore
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ignore
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=ignore