What does Ignore mean?

Definitions for Ignore
ig·nore

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Princeton's WordNet

  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

Wiktionary

  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 Dictionary

  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.

Wikipedia

  1. ignore

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

ChatGPT

  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 Dictionary

  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 Dictionary

  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

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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. Speaker McCarthy:

    The other fear we all should have is the grouping and the growth of China, Russia, North Korea and Iran, we should not ignore that.

  2. Timothy Dolan:

    It's easier to ignore religious freedom than it is, today, the more popular issues.

  3. Franklin D. Roosevelt:

    The moment a mere numerical superiority by either states or voters in this country proceeds to ignore the needs and desires of the minority, and for their own selfish purpose or advancement, hamper or oppress that minority, or debar them in any way from equal privileges and equal rights -- that moment will mark the failure of our constitutional system.

  4. Durham County Sheriff Mike Andrews:

    We decided that restraint and public safety would be our priority, as the Sheriff, I am not blind to the offensive conduct of some demonstrators nor will I ignore their criminal conduct.

  5. Casey Contres:

    Dr. Mehmet Oz continues to respectfully allow Pennsylvania's vote counting process to take place and puts his faith in the Republican voters who we believe have chosen him as their nominee, that is why our campaign will oppose the Dave McCormick legal team's request that election boards ignore both Pennsylvania Supreme Court and state election law and accept legally rejected ballots.

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