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.
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
In the coming years, though, that calculus might have to change, since the growing size of the country’s nonreligious population could make these voters more difficult for Democrats to ignore.
More And More Americans Aren’t Religious. Why Are Democrats Ignoring These Voters?|Daniel Cox|September 17, 2020|FiveThirtyEight
Among the Bay Area businesses being supported with financing are ConsejoSano, a for-profit social enterprise that works to improve health outcomes for culturally diverse populations by embracing that diversity, not ignoring it.
Bernard Tyson’s profound impact continues even after his death—through a new social investment fund|cleaf2013|September 16, 2020|Fortune
The irony for him is that as he tries to ignore these ongoing crises, he’s losing voters.
Trump keeps dodging the crux of major issues — and that’s showing in his reelection prospects|Amber Phillips|September 16, 2020|Washington Post
He did so for at least six weeks before the rising caseload made the problem impossible to ignore.
Trump’s ABC News town hall: Four Pinocchios, over and over again|Glenn Kessler|September 16, 2020|Washington Post
Both have ignored this race, viewing others as more winnable, with the New York-based Working Families Party providing the biggest out-of-state muscle for Scarane.
The Trailer: The First State goes last|David Weigel|September 15, 2020|Washington Post
When it comes to educating our children, Congress should heed that message, not ignore it.
The ‘No Child’ Rewrite Threatens Your Kids’ Future|Jonah Edelman|January 3, 2015|DAILY BEAST
But the increasing number of fraudsters bringing back wares to stores to make an illicit killing has become impossible to ignore.
The Insane $11 Billion Scam at Retailers’ Return Desks|M.L. Nestel|December 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Watters and other critics also ignore the fact that the whole report is based on CIA documents.
After Torture Report, Our Moral Authority As a Nation Is Gone|Nick Gillespie|December 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
I am only able to ignore because I have had to have these conversations in person and that is the most traumatic experience.
The Unbearable Whiteness of Protesting|Rawiya Kameir, Judnick Mayard|December 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST
“It is forbidden in Islam to ignore the reality of contemporary times when deriving legal rulings,” they argued.
ISIS Jihadis Get ‘Slavery for Dummies’|Jamie Dettmer|December 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
She might ignore the letter to all appearances, and yet not be able to forget it.
The Mission of Poubalov|Frederick R. (Frederick Russell) Burton
For some reason or other he wished to ignore his instructor who was screaming on the end of the wharf.
The White Waterfall|James Francis Dwyer
He was not unaccustomed to doing foolish things when he was drunk, and as a rule he made it a point to ignore them afterwards.
The Uphill Climb|B. M. Bower
To ignore aggression now would only increase the danger of a much larger war.
Complete State of the Union Addresses from 1790 to 2006|Various
Too often, too, their abstract speculations have caused them to ignore or forget the actual experience of mankind.
Rudolph Eucken|Abel J. Jones
British Dictionary definitions for ignore
ignore
/ (ɪɡˈnɔː) /
verb(tr)
to fail or refuse to notice; disregard
noun
Australianinformaldisregardto 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