Ignore

/ɪɡˈnɔː/ · verb

Meaning

To deliberately not listen or pay attention to..

Definitions by Sense

1. To deliberately not listen or pay attention to.
2. To pretend to not notice someone or something.
3. (obsolete) Fail to notice.
4. (obsolete) Not to know.

Example Sentences

A problem ignored is a problem doubled.

Ignore these four words.

One particularly damaging, but often ignored, effect of conflict on education is the proliferation of attacks on schools[…]as children, teachers or school buildings become the targets of attacks. Parents fear sending their children to school. Girls are particularly vulnerable to sexual violence.

The late Professor Pat White was an outspoken critic. In his 1986 book Forgotten Railways, he dismissed as smoke and mirrors the oft-used argument that 33% of rail routes carried only 1% of the traffic, as it ignores the fact that a third of the national road network also only carried 2% of cars and lorries. But unlike rail, road got away with it because no mention was made of how much it cost the taxpayer to keep them usable.

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Word Forms

• ignores
• ignoring
• ignored
• no-table-tags
• glossary
• ignore
• ignorest
• ignoredst
• ignoreth
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