Definition of ignore in English:

ignore

verb ɪɡˈnɔːɪɡˈnɔr

[with object]

1Refuse to take notice of or acknowledge; disregard intentionally.
he ignored her outraged question
Example sentencesExamples
- He then breezed past the fans on his way to the clubhouse, ignoring the pleas for acknowledgment from behind the ropes.
- I was speaking so softly, especially as they had all been ignoring me so intently before.
- She has been sulking since she climbed out of the bed, ignoring me and refusing to answer my questions.
- Unbelievably, all this heroism was virtually ignored by the press and Hollywood.
- I picked up the flower and walked out of the room, ignoring the intent stares on me.
- She deliberately ignores the conversation and refuses to listen to the audible words.
- You totally ignored his pleas you should stop, leaving him to bleed to death.
- She flipped her mobile shut, walked past us and down the corridor, intentionally ignoring Alice and Tony.
- He considered ignoring his mother's cry but when his father and sisters joined in, he looked back to see what they had to say.
- He had wilfully ignored notices posted on the train arguing that the by-laws were invalid.
- Back again to last summer and Varga was being ignored by his national team, Slovakia.
- They may choose to terminate friendships if they perceive that a partner refuses to share or ignores their feelings.
- To wind up in court, employers must have blatantly ignored the warnings issued by labour inspectors.
- The travellers have been issued with a court summons after they ignored an earlier removal notice.
- Ideologues of left and right have tended to acknowledge one and ignore the other.
- He ignores the weather, intent on arriving at his second destination.
- Sadly, despite complaints, Tesco takes no notice and continues to ignore the public.
- Catherine Street were largely ignoring shoplifting and simply passing its cost on to their customers.
- Jack completely ignored what she had just asked and continued without letting her finish.
- My boyfriend is not too keen on them, but the Professor just shrugs and ignores him.
Synonyms
disregard, take no notice of, pay no attention to, pay no heed to, pass over, shut one's eyes to, be oblivious to, turn a blind eye to, turn a deaf ear to, brush aside, shrug off, push aside, never mind
look the other way
snub, slight, spurn, shun, disdain, look right through, look past, turn one's back on, give someone the cold shoulder, cold-shoulder, freeze out, steer clear of
British send to Coventry
informal give someone the brush-off, cut, cut dead, knock back, give someone the go-by
British informal blank
set aside, pay no attention to, take no account of, veto
break, contravene, fail to comply with, fail to observe, disobey, breach, defy, flout, fly in the face of
omit, leave out, bypass, overlook, neglect, disregard, exclude
informal skip
1. 1.1 Fail to consider (something significant)
  the rules ignore one important principle of cricket
  Example sentencesExamples
  We won't agree with it, and it is not a question of ignoring it, and a dialogue should be carried on.
  Essex motorists are widely ignoring new rules banning the use of hand held mobiles in cars, figures released by police reveal.
  At the same time, ignoring political questions means actually weakening our ability to fight on economic issues.
  However, the debate over proper procedure ignores the most obvious question.
  For another, it entirely ignores the question of how many people who voted Tory last time are going Lib Dem this time.
  None ignores the crucial question of how their institution is likely to be changed by enlargement.
  A further factor which calls the current figures into question is ignoring students who study abroad.
  It is inequitable because it ignores the question of how many people have to be supported from any one individual's earnings.
  Much of that ignorance is wilful, when facts are ignored and minds closed to reality.
  The Bosnian government was accused of disregarding local legislation and ignoring human rights.
  He failed to consider or ignored some important aspects of my evidence.
  All of this is true so far as it goes, but it ignores the one big question: Who is going to pay for all of this?
  In spite of much literature that ignores the question, it cannot be infinite.
  It ignores the fundamental economic question of whether patents for computer software promote innovation.
  To accuse France and Germany of ignoring the rules is simply to repeat a slanderous allegation often put forward as fact.
  In fact most of the analysis and policy discussion on the environment ignores the question of gender inequalities.
  This is another example of a failed initiative that ignores the core questions.
  Allardyce is not ignoring the European question, just taking care not to tempt fate with careless talk.
  The Scots were able to ignore these failings in brushing aside the feeblest of Welsh challenges a fortnight ago.
  This ignores a major principle of tests like these - eliminating bias.

Derivatives

ignorable

adjective

But in her fall, we were all ignorable outsiders.
Example sentencesExamples
- These are all offensive, but somewhat ignorable, qualities.
- Then there's the back-channel chatter among bloggers about one of our own that's crossed the line from ignorable to Orange-alert levels.
- Previously, an attack on a French ship or an attack on an Indonesian resort unfamiliar to Americans would be ignored in America as only part of the usual white noise playing in the eminently ignorable outside world.
- Still, this hardly puts enough of a blight on the play - if anything, MacDonnell is eminently ignorable - to stop me from recommending it unreservedly.

ignorer

noun

I have known for years that psychologists are not really interested in the evidence for or against their theories and in recent years I have had to add most climate scientists to the league of the evidence ignorers.

Origin

Late 15th century (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 century.

Rhymes

abhor, adore, afore, anymore, ashore, awe, bandore, Bangalore, before, boar, Boer, bore, caw, chore, claw, cocksure, comprador, cor, core, corps, craw, Delors, deplore, door, draw, drawer, evermore, explore, flaw, floor, for, forbore, fore, foresaw, forevermore, forswore, four, fourscore, furthermore, Gábor, galore, gnaw, gore, grantor, guarantor, guffaw, hard-core, Haugh, haw, hoar, implore, Indore, interwar, jaw, Johor, Lahore, law, lessor, lor, lore, macaw, man-o'-war, maw, mirador, mor, more, mortgagor, Mysore, nevermore, nor, oar, obligor, offshore, onshore, open-jaw, or, ore, outdoor, outwore, paw, poor, pore, pour, rapport, raw, roar, saw, scaur, score, senhor, señor, shaw, ship-to-shore, shop-floor, shore, signor, Singapore, snore, soar, softcore, sore, spore, store, straw, swore, Tagore, tau, taw, thaw, Thor, threescore, tor, tore, torr, trapdoor, tug-of-war, two-by-four, underfloor, underscore, war, warrantor, Waugh, whore, withdraw, wore, yaw, yore, your

Definition of ignore in US English:

ignore

verbiɡˈnôrɪɡˈnɔr

[with object]

1Refuse to take notice of or acknowledge; disregard intentionally.
he ignored her outraged question
Example sentencesExamples
- Back again to last summer and Varga was being ignored by his national team, Slovakia.
- Catherine Street were largely ignoring shoplifting and simply passing its cost on to their customers.
- He ignores the weather, intent on arriving at his second destination.
- I was speaking so softly, especially as they had all been ignoring me so intently before.
- He considered ignoring his mother's cry but when his father and sisters joined in, he looked back to see what they had to say.
- They may choose to terminate friendships if they perceive that a partner refuses to share or ignores their feelings.
- She has been sulking since she climbed out of the bed, ignoring me and refusing to answer my questions.
- Jack completely ignored what she had just asked and continued without letting her finish.
- To wind up in court, employers must have blatantly ignored the warnings issued by labour inspectors.
- Unbelievably, all this heroism was virtually ignored by the press and Hollywood.
- The travellers have been issued with a court summons after they ignored an earlier removal notice.
- I picked up the flower and walked out of the room, ignoring the intent stares on me.
- You totally ignored his pleas you should stop, leaving him to bleed to death.
- Ideologues of left and right have tended to acknowledge one and ignore the other.
- He had wilfully ignored notices posted on the train arguing that the by-laws were invalid.
- He then breezed past the fans on his way to the clubhouse, ignoring the pleas for acknowledgment from behind the ropes.
- She flipped her mobile shut, walked past us and down the corridor, intentionally ignoring Alice and Tony.
- Sadly, despite complaints, Tesco takes no notice and continues to ignore the public.
- She deliberately ignores the conversation and refuses to listen to the audible words.
- My boyfriend is not too keen on them, but the Professor just shrugs and ignores him.
Synonyms
disregard, take no notice of, pay no attention to, pay no heed to, pass over, shut one's eyes to, be oblivious to, turn a blind eye to, turn a deaf ear to, brush aside, shrug off, push aside, never mind
snub, slight, spurn, shun, disdain, look right through, look past, turn one's back on, give someone the cold shoulder, cold-shoulder, freeze out, steer clear of
set aside, pay no attention to, take no account of, veto
1. 1.1 Fail to consider (something significant)
  direct satellite broadcasting ignores national boundaries
  Example sentencesExamples
  Essex motorists are widely ignoring new rules banning the use of hand held mobiles in cars, figures released by police reveal.
  All of this is true so far as it goes, but it ignores the one big question: Who is going to pay for all of this?
  He failed to consider or ignored some important aspects of my evidence.
  It is inequitable because it ignores the question of how many people have to be supported from any one individual's earnings.
  In spite of much literature that ignores the question, it cannot be infinite.
  The Bosnian government was accused of disregarding local legislation and ignoring human rights.
  None ignores the crucial question of how their institution is likely to be changed by enlargement.
  For another, it entirely ignores the question of how many people who voted Tory last time are going Lib Dem this time.
  It ignores the fundamental economic question of whether patents for computer software promote innovation.
  The Scots were able to ignore these failings in brushing aside the feeblest of Welsh challenges a fortnight ago.
  Allardyce is not ignoring the European question, just taking care not to tempt fate with careless talk.
  This ignores a major principle of tests like these - eliminating bias.
  This is another example of a failed initiative that ignores the core questions.
  However, the debate over proper procedure ignores the most obvious question.
  Much of that ignorance is wilful, when facts are ignored and minds closed to reality.
  A further factor which calls the current figures into question is ignoring students who study abroad.
  We won't agree with it, and it is not a question of ignoring it, and a dialogue should be carried on.
  To accuse France and Germany of ignoring the rules is simply to repeat a slanderous allegation often put forward as fact.
  At the same time, ignoring political questions means actually weakening our ability to fight on economic issues.
  In fact most of the analysis and policy discussion on the environment ignores the question of gender inequalities.
2. 1.2Law (of a grand jury) reject (an indictment) as groundless.
  Example sentencesExamples
  The district court improperly ignored the indictment against him by the state of New Jersey.

Origin

Late 15th century (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 century.

单词	ignore
释义	Definition of ignore in English: ignore verb ɪɡˈnɔːɪɡˈnɔr [with object] 1Refuse to take notice of or acknowledge; disregard intentionally. he ignored her outraged question Example sentencesExamples He then breezed past the fans on his way to the clubhouse, ignoring the pleas for acknowledgment from behind the ropes. I was speaking so softly, especially as they had all been ignoring me so intently before. She has been sulking since she climbed out of the bed, ignoring me and refusing to answer my questions. Unbelievably, all this heroism was virtually ignored by the press and Hollywood. I picked up the flower and walked out of the room, ignoring the intent stares on me. She deliberately ignores the conversation and refuses to listen to the audible words. You totally ignored his pleas you should stop, leaving him to bleed to death. She flipped her mobile shut, walked past us and down the corridor, intentionally ignoring Alice and Tony. He considered ignoring his mother's cry but when his father and sisters joined in, he looked back to see what they had to say. He had wilfully ignored notices posted on the train arguing that the by-laws were invalid. Back again to last summer and Varga was being ignored by his national team, Slovakia. They may choose to terminate friendships if they perceive that a partner refuses to share or ignores their feelings. To wind up in court, employers must have blatantly ignored the warnings issued by labour inspectors. The travellers have been issued with a court summons after they ignored an earlier removal notice. Ideologues of left and right have tended to acknowledge one and ignore the other. He ignores the weather, intent on arriving at his second destination. Sadly, despite complaints, Tesco takes no notice and continues to ignore the public. Catherine Street were largely ignoring shoplifting and simply passing its cost on to their customers. Jack completely ignored what she had just asked and continued without letting her finish. My boyfriend is not too keen on them, but the Professor just shrugs and ignores him. Synonyms disregard, take no notice of, pay no attention to, pay no heed to, pass over, shut one's eyes to, be oblivious to, turn a blind eye to, turn a deaf ear to, brush aside, shrug off, push aside, never mind look the other way snub, slight, spurn, shun, disdain, look right through, look past, turn one's back on, give someone the cold shoulder, cold-shoulder, freeze out, steer clear of British send to Coventry informal give someone the brush-off, cut, cut dead, knock back, give someone the go-by British informal blank set aside, pay no attention to, take no account of, veto break, contravene, fail to comply with, fail to observe, disobey, breach, defy, flout, fly in the face of omit, leave out, bypass, overlook, neglect, disregard, exclude informal skip 1.1 Fail to consider (something significant) the rules ignore one important principle of cricket Example sentencesExamples We won't agree with it, and it is not a question of ignoring it, and a dialogue should be carried on. Essex motorists are widely ignoring new rules banning the use of hand held mobiles in cars, figures released by police reveal. At the same time, ignoring political questions means actually weakening our ability to fight on economic issues. However, the debate over proper procedure ignores the most obvious question. For another, it entirely ignores the question of how many people who voted Tory last time are going Lib Dem this time. None ignores the crucial question of how their institution is likely to be changed by enlargement. A further factor which calls the current figures into question is ignoring students who study abroad. It is inequitable because it ignores the question of how many people have to be supported from any one individual's earnings. Much of that ignorance is wilful, when facts are ignored and minds closed to reality. The Bosnian government was accused of disregarding local legislation and ignoring human rights. He failed to consider or ignored some important aspects of my evidence. All of this is true so far as it goes, but it ignores the one big question: Who is going to pay for all of this? In spite of much literature that ignores the question, it cannot be infinite. It ignores the fundamental economic question of whether patents for computer software promote innovation. To accuse France and Germany of ignoring the rules is simply to repeat a slanderous allegation often put forward as fact. In fact most of the analysis and policy discussion on the environment ignores the question of gender inequalities. This is another example of a failed initiative that ignores the core questions. Allardyce is not ignoring the European question, just taking care not to tempt fate with careless talk. The Scots were able to ignore these failings in brushing aside the feeblest of Welsh challenges a fortnight ago. This ignores a major principle of tests like these - eliminating bias. Derivatives ignorable adjective But in her fall, we were all ignorable outsiders. Example sentencesExamples These are all offensive, but somewhat ignorable, qualities. Then there's the back-channel chatter among bloggers about one of our own that's crossed the line from ignorable to Orange-alert levels. Previously, an attack on a French ship or an attack on an Indonesian resort unfamiliar to Americans would be ignored in America as only part of the usual white noise playing in the eminently ignorable outside world. Still, this hardly puts enough of a blight on the play - if anything, MacDonnell is eminently ignorable - to stop me from recommending it unreservedly. ignorer noun I have known for years that psychologists are not really interested in the evidence for or against their theories and in recent years I have had to add most climate scientists to the league of the evidence ignorers. Origin Late 15th century (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 century. Rhymes abhor, adore, afore, anymore, ashore, awe, bandore, Bangalore, before, boar, Boer, bore, caw, chore, claw, cocksure, comprador, cor, core, corps, craw, Delors, deplore, door, draw, drawer, evermore, explore, flaw, floor, for, forbore, fore, foresaw, forevermore, forswore, four, fourscore, furthermore, Gábor, galore, gnaw, gore, grantor, guarantor, guffaw, hard-core, Haugh, haw, hoar, implore, Indore, interwar, jaw, Johor, Lahore, law, lessor, lor, lore, macaw, man-o'-war, maw, mirador, mor, more, mortgagor, Mysore, nevermore, nor, oar, obligor, offshore, onshore, open-jaw, or, ore, outdoor, outwore, paw, poor, pore, pour, rapport, raw, roar, saw, scaur, score, senhor, señor, shaw, ship-to-shore, shop-floor, shore, signor, Singapore, snore, soar, softcore, sore, spore, store, straw, swore, Tagore, tau, taw, thaw, Thor, threescore, tor, tore, torr, trapdoor, tug-of-war, two-by-four, underfloor, underscore, war, warrantor, Waugh, whore, withdraw, wore, yaw, yore, your Definition of ignore in US English: ignore verbiɡˈnôrɪɡˈnɔr [with object] 1Refuse to take notice of or acknowledge; disregard intentionally. he ignored her outraged question Example sentencesExamples Back again to last summer and Varga was being ignored by his national team, Slovakia. Catherine Street were largely ignoring shoplifting and simply passing its cost on to their customers. He ignores the weather, intent on arriving at his second destination. I was speaking so softly, especially as they had all been ignoring me so intently before. He considered ignoring his mother's cry but when his father and sisters joined in, he looked back to see what they had to say. They may choose to terminate friendships if they perceive that a partner refuses to share or ignores their feelings. She has been sulking since she climbed out of the bed, ignoring me and refusing to answer my questions. Jack completely ignored what she had just asked and continued without letting her finish. To wind up in court, employers must have blatantly ignored the warnings issued by labour inspectors. Unbelievably, all this heroism was virtually ignored by the press and Hollywood. The travellers have been issued with a court summons after they ignored an earlier removal notice. I picked up the flower and walked out of the room, ignoring the intent stares on me. You totally ignored his pleas you should stop, leaving him to bleed to death. Ideologues of left and right have tended to acknowledge one and ignore the other. He had wilfully ignored notices posted on the train arguing that the by-laws were invalid. He then breezed past the fans on his way to the clubhouse, ignoring the pleas for acknowledgment from behind the ropes. She flipped her mobile shut, walked past us and down the corridor, intentionally ignoring Alice and Tony. Sadly, despite complaints, Tesco takes no notice and continues to ignore the public. She deliberately ignores the conversation and refuses to listen to the audible words. My boyfriend is not too keen on them, but the Professor just shrugs and ignores him. Synonyms disregard, take no notice of, pay no attention to, pay no heed to, pass over, shut one's eyes to, be oblivious to, turn a blind eye to, turn a deaf ear to, brush aside, shrug off, push aside, never mind snub, slight, spurn, shun, disdain, look right through, look past, turn one's back on, give someone the cold shoulder, cold-shoulder, freeze out, steer clear of set aside, pay no attention to, take no account of, veto 1.1 Fail to consider (something significant) direct satellite broadcasting ignores national boundaries Example sentencesExamples Essex motorists are widely ignoring new rules banning the use of hand held mobiles in cars, figures released by police reveal. All of this is true so far as it goes, but it ignores the one big question: Who is going to pay for all of this? He failed to consider or ignored some important aspects of my evidence. It is inequitable because it ignores the question of how many people have to be supported from any one individual's earnings. In spite of much literature that ignores the question, it cannot be infinite. The Bosnian government was accused of disregarding local legislation and ignoring human rights. None ignores the crucial question of how their institution is likely to be changed by enlargement. For another, it entirely ignores the question of how many people who voted Tory last time are going Lib Dem this time. It ignores the fundamental economic question of whether patents for computer software promote innovation. The Scots were able to ignore these failings in brushing aside the feeblest of Welsh challenges a fortnight ago. Allardyce is not ignoring the European question, just taking care not to tempt fate with careless talk. This ignores a major principle of tests like these - eliminating bias. This is another example of a failed initiative that ignores the core questions. However, the debate over proper procedure ignores the most obvious question. Much of that ignorance is wilful, when facts are ignored and minds closed to reality. A further factor which calls the current figures into question is ignoring students who study abroad. We won't agree with it, and it is not a question of ignoring it, and a dialogue should be carried on. To accuse France and Germany of ignoring the rules is simply to repeat a slanderous allegation often put forward as fact. At the same time, ignoring political questions means actually weakening our ability to fight on economic issues. In fact most of the analysis and policy discussion on the environment ignores the question of gender inequalities. 1.2Law (of a grand jury) reject (an indictment) as groundless. Example sentencesExamples The district court improperly ignored the indictment against him by the state of New Jersey. Origin Late 15th century (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 century.
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