ignore
verb /ɪɡˈnɔː(r)/
/ɪɡˈnɔːr/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they ignore | /ɪɡˈnɔː(r)/ /ɪɡˈnɔːr/ |
| he / she / it ignores | /ɪɡˈnɔːz/ /ɪɡˈnɔːrz/ |
| past simple ignored | /ɪɡˈnɔːd/ /ɪɡˈnɔːrd/ |
| past participle ignored | /ɪɡˈnɔːd/ /ɪɡˈnɔːrd/ |
| -ing form ignoring | /ɪɡˈnɔːrɪŋ/ /ɪɡˈnɔːrɪŋ/ |
- ignore something to pay no attention to something synonym disregard
- He ignored all the ‘No Smoking’ signs and lit up a cigarette.
- I made a suggestion but they chose to ignore it.
- We cannot afford to ignore their advice.
- to ignore a warning/a problem/an issue
- She deliberately ignored my question and changed the subject.
- We can't ignore the fact that there is a huge problem here.
- His work was largely ignored and forgotten for 30 years.
- Much of social science research simply ignores these sectors.
- The government has completely ignored the wishes of the public.
Extra Examples- He blithely ignored her protests and went on talking.
- Her mother's opinions on how babies should be cared for were freely given and duly ignored.
- Hill wilfully ignored the conventions of the banking world.
- I've learned to ignore all of my sister's hurtful comments.
- People seem very willing to ignore the risks.
- Safety guidelines had been blatantly ignored.
- Scientists have tended to ignore these creatures.
- Social services routinely ignore the problems facing at-risk young women.
- The diesel fumes from Oxford's buses are not easily ignored.
- The managers have conveniently ignored these statistics.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- altogether
- completely
- entirely
- …
- cannot
- cannot afford to
- be difficult to
- …
- be widely ignored
- ignore something at your peril
- ignore the fact that…
- …
- ignore somebody to pretend that you have not seen somebody or that somebody is not there
- She ignored him and carried on with her work.
- If he tries to start an argument, just ignore him.
Extra Examples- He continued eating, deciding to ignore her.
- I shrugged, pretending to ignore him.
- She sat at her desk and studiously ignored me.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- altogether
- completely
- entirely
- …
- cannot
- cannot afford to
- be difficult to
- …
- be widely ignored
- ignore something at your peril
- ignore the fact that…
- …
Word Originlate 15th cent. (in the sense ‘be ignorant of’): from French ignorer or Latin ignorare ‘not know, ignore’, from in- ‘not’ + gno-, a base meaning ‘know’. Current senses date from the early 19th cent.