ignore

  • 11ignore — verb ADVERB ▪ altogether, completely, entirely, totally, utterly ▪ almost, practically, virtually ▪ effectively …

    Collocations dictionary

  • 12ignore — ig|nore W2S2 [ıgˈno: US ˈno:r] v [T] [Date: 1600 1700; : French; Origin: ignorer not to know , from Latin, from ignarus not knowing, unknown , from in not + gnoscere to know ] 1.) to deliberately pay no attention to something that you have been… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 13ignore — 01. Why are you [ignoring] me; are you mad at me or what? 02. The other children were trying to tease the little girl, but she just [ignored] them. 03. Just [ignore] Darren; he s in a bad mood, and is disagreeing with everything today. 04. The… …

    Grammatical examples in English

  • 14ignore */*/ — UK [ɪɡˈnɔː(r)] / US [ɪɡˈnɔr] verb [transitive] Word forms ignore : present tense I/you/we/they ignore he/she/it ignores present participle ignoring past tense ignored past participle ignored 1) to not consider something, or to not let it… …

    English dictionary

  • 15ignore — verb (T) 1 to behave as if you had not heard or seen someone or something: Either she didn t see me wave or she deliberately ignored me. | Sam rudely ignored the question. 2 to deliberately pay no attention to something that you have been told or …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 16ignore — v. 1) to ignore completely, totally 2) (K) you ll have to ignore their talking so loud * * * [ɪg nɔː] totally (K) you ll have to ignore their talking so loud to ignore completely …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 17ignore — ig|nore [ ıg nɔr ] verb transitive ** 1. ) to not consider something or not let it influence you: We had ignored the fact that it was getting darker. This approach ignores the complexity of modern business. ignore someone s advice/warning: My son …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 18ignore — [17] The Latin verb for ‘not know’, and hence ‘disregard’, was īgnōrāre, which was formed with a negative prefix from the stem gnō ‘know’ (ultimate source also of English narrate). From it English got ignore, and from its derivative īgnōrantia… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 19ignore — [[t]ɪgnɔ͟ː(r)[/t]] ♦♦ ignores, ignoring, ignored 1) VERB If you ignore someone or something, you pay no attention to them. [V n] She said her husband ignored her... [V n] The government had ignored his views on the subject... [V …

    English dictionary

  • 20ignore — /ɪgˈnɔ / (say ig naw) verb (t) (ignored, ignoring) 1. to refrain from noticing or recognising: ignore his remarks. 2. US Law (of the grand jury) to reject (a bill of indictment) as without sufficient evidence. –phrase 3. treat with ignore,… …