ignore

[ ig-nawr, -nohr ]

/ ɪgˈnɔr, -ˈnoʊr /

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verb (used with object), ig·nored, ig·nor·ing.

to refrain from noticing or recognizing: to ignore insulting remarks.

Law. (of a grand jury) to reject (a bill of indictment), as on the grounds of insufficient evidence.

OTHER WORDS FOR ignore

1 overlook; slight, disregard, neglect.

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OPPOSITES FOR ignore

1 notice, regard.

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Origin of ignore

1605–15; <Latin ignōrāre to not know, disregard, verbal derivative of ignārus ignorant, unaware (with -ō- perhaps from ignōtus unknown), equivalent to in-in-³ + gnārus knowing, acquainted (with); akin to (g)nōscere to know¹

OTHER WORDS FROM ignore

ig·nor·a·ble, adjectiveig·nor·er, nounun·ig·nor·a·ble, adjectiveun·ig·nor·a·bly, adverb

un·ig·nored, adjectiveun·ig·nor·ing, adjectivewell-ig·nored, adjective

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How to use ignore in a sentence

High-quality emails get read and are hardly ignored even if they are cold emails.
Email marketing in 2020: Four key things that made the difference|Toby Nwazor|November 19, 2020|Search Engine Watch
If you are concerned that you have bad links pointing to your site that may end up hurting your site’s performance in Google Search, you can give Google a list of URLs or domains you would like Google to ignore.
Google migrates the disavow link tool to new Search Console|Barry Schwartz|November 17, 2020|Search Engine Land
As Person 3 just seems to be along for the ride, Miss Manners gives permission to ignore him.
Miss Manners: Decoding a job application response|Judith Martin, Nicholas Martin, Jacobina Martin|November 12, 2020|Washington Post
If you ignore this step, you can run into issues with the performance of your site.
How visual content can give a boost to your SEO and how to take advantage|Anthony Gaenzle|November 10, 2020|Search Engine Watch

In 1984, staff writer Carol Sugarman noted that “a meatless Thanksgiving needn’t ignore traditional holiday flavors or colors, and can certainly be as festive a menu as one with a main course of poultry.”
143 years of Thanksgiving coverage in The Post|Becky Krystal|November 9, 2020|Washington Post
Things-plus-me is the only knowable, and consequently the only 'ignorable.'
James Frederick Ferrier|Elizabeth Sanderson Haldane
The law of ignorance hence is that 'we can be ignorant only of what can be known,' or 'the knowable is alone the ignorable.'
James Frederick Ferrier|Elizabeth Sanderson Haldane
After everything in the world had been done to make her as harmless as possible, she still remained non-ignorable.
Nonsenseorship|G. G. Putnam and Others

British Dictionary definitions for ignore

ignore

/ (ɪɡˈnɔː) /

verb (tr)

to fail or refuse to notice; disregard

noun

Australian informal disregardto treat someone with ignore

Derived forms of ignore

ignorable, adjectiveignorer, noun

Word Origin for ignore

C17: from Latin ignōrāre not to know, from ignārus ignorant of, from i- in- 1 + gnārus knowing; related to Latin noscere to know

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