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Ignore

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transitive verb. To refuse to pay attention to; disregard.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

Not to know; be ignorant of.

To pass over or by without notice; treat as if not known; shut the eyes to; leave out of account; disregard: as, to ignore facts.

In law, to throw out as being unsupported by evidence. See ignoramus, 1.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

transitive verb. To be ignorant of or not acquainted with.

transitive verb. To throw out or reject as false or ungrounded; -- said of a bill rejected by a grand jury for lack of evidence. See Ignoramus.

transitive verb. Hence: To refuse to take notice of; to shut the eyes to; not to recognize; to disregard willfully and causelessly

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

verb. To deliberately pay no attention to.

verb. Fail to notice.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

verb. fail to notice

verb. bar from attention or consideration

verb. refuse to acknowledge

verb. give little or no attention to

verb. be ignorant of or in the dark about

Word Usage

"How can a conference of this title ignore the effect on Israel of being kept at war by its enemies for over 60 years if its organisers are not themselves biased."

Antonyms

Words with the opposite meaning

attend consider mention notice watch

Form

ignorable

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

do by handle treat

Hyponym

Words that are more specific

pass up pretermit

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

Boer Bohr C4 Dior Dore

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

added applied cationic co-administered kiln-dried

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

abide with abjure accept allow for avoid

variant

ignoramus

verb-form

ignored ignores ignoring