1. (v.t.)neglect to pay no attention or too little attention to; disregard or slight.
2. neglect to be remiss in the care of: to neglect one's appearance.
3. neglect to omit, as through indifference or carelessness: to neglect to reply to an invitation.
4. neglect to fail to carry out or perform: to neglect the household chores.
5. (n.)neglect an act or instance of neglecting; negligence: The neglect of the property was shameful.
6. neglect the fact or state of being neglected: a beauty marred by neglect.
Etymology: (1520–30; < L neglēctus, var. of neclēctus, ptp. of neglegere, neclegere to disregard, ignore, slight =nec not +legere to pick up)
Definition of 'neglect'
Princeton's WordNet
1. (noun)disregard, neglect lack of attention and due care
2. (noun)neglect, disuse the state of something that has been unused and neglected "the house was in a terrible state of neglect"
3. (noun)disregard, neglect willful lack of care and attention
4. (noun)negligence, neglect, neglectfulness the trait of neglecting responsibilities and lacking concern
5. (verb)negligence, carelessness, neglect, nonperformance failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the samecircumstances
6. (verb)neglect, pretermit, omit, drop, miss, leave out, overlook, overleap leave undone or leave out "How could I miss that typo?"; "The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten"
7. (verb)fail, neglect fail to do something; leave something undone "She failed to notice that her child was no longer in his crib"; "The secretary failed to call the customer and the company lost the account"
8. (verb)neglect fail to attend to "he neglects his children"
9. (verb)neglect, ignore, disregard givelittle or no attention to "Disregard the errors"
1. (verb)neglect to fail to take care of or pay attention to owners who neglect their pets; a building that has been neglected; Poetry is often neglected in our schools.
2. neglect to not do sth or forget to do sth He neglected to mention that he had no money.; a soldier who neglects his duties
3. (noun)neglect the state of being neglected his neglect of his duties; the government's neglect of our education system; neglected children
Definition of 'neglect'
Webster Dictionary
1. (adverb)neglect not to attend to with due care or attention; to forbear one's duty in regard to; to suffer to pass unimproved, unheeded, undone, etc.; to omit; to disregard; to slight; as, to neglect duty or business; to neglect to pay debts
2. (adverb)neglect to omit to notice; to forbear to treat with attention or respect; to slight; as, to neglect strangers
3. neglect omission of proper attention; avoidance or disregard of duty, from heedlessness, indifference, or willfulness; failure to do, use, or heed anything; culpable disregard; as, neglect of business, of health, of economy
4. neglect omission if attention or civilities; slight; as, neglect of strangers
Definitions of neglect 
Afrikaans: verwaarloos
Arabic: يُهْمِل
Bulgarian: пренебрегвам
Brazilian: negligenciar
Czech: zanedbávat
German: vernachlässigen
Danish: forsømme
Greek: παραμελώ, αμελώ
Spanish: descuidar, desatender
Estonian: unarusse jätma
Farsi: فرو گذاری
Finnish: laiminlyödä
French: négliger
Hebrew: לְהַזנִיחַ
Hindi: लापरवाही करना
Croatian: zanemariti,ne brinuti se
Hungarian: elhanyagol
Indonesian: melalaikan
Icelandic: vanrækja
Italian: trascurare
Japanese: 怠る
Korean: 무시하다
Lithuanian: apleisti, nesirūpinti
Latvian: izturēties nevērīgi; pame
Malay: mengabaikan
Dutch: verwaarlozen
Norwegian: forsømme, vanskjøtte, neg
Polish: zaniedbywać
Persian: ،كمتر توجه كردن فرو گذاری
Pashto: بى غورى،پام كول
Portuguese: desleixar-se
Romanian: a neglija
Russian: пренебрегать; не заботить
Slovak: zanedbávať
Slovenian: zanemariti
Serbian: zapostaviti
Swedish: försumma
Thai: ไม่สนใจ
Turkish: ihmal etmek, boş vermek
Taiwanese: 忽視
Ukrainian: нехтувати; зневажати
Urdu: غفلت برتنا
Vietnamese: sao lãng
Chinese: 忽视
