ignore
ignore
Definition
ig·nore (ig nôr′)
transitive verb -·nored′, -·nor′·ing
- to disregard deliberately; pay no attention to; refuse to consider
- Law to reject (a bill of indictment) for lack of evidence
Etymology: Fr ignorer < L ignorare, to have no knowledge of, ignore < in-, not + base of gnarus, knowing < IE base *ĝnā-, *nō-, know
ig·nor′er noun
ignore
Synonyms
ignore
v.
ignore
Usage Examples
Object
- fact: They ignore the fact that light didn't just start shining.
- warning: Ignore the warning, these files are quite safe.
- plea: The incidents represent breaches of Huntingdon's license to perform animal experiments, yet the Home Office has ignored pleas for an inquiry.
- reality: These examples are somewhat simplistic and ignore the harsh realities of the Web.
- possibility: If they tried to ignore the possibility of evolution, then their science wouldn't work in some ways.
- path: We still kept left beside the railroad, ignoring all paths off, and there were viewing points here on the left.
Subject
- historian: Medieval Churches of West Yorkshire a survey of the county's medieval parish churches, many of which have been ignored by architectural historians.
- compiler: These characters might be intended by the programmer to be significant, but they will be ignored by the compiler.
- critic: List tips for with the death ignored by critics.
Modifying Another Word
- largely: The motorway was at a sufficient distance from the house to be largely ignored.
- completely: Just War rules are either completely ignored or only held by a few.
- conveniently: A fact not overlooked by Burns but conveniently ignored by the Government.
- totally: But the protest in Warsaw was totally ignored by the local media.
- studiously: Bonfire Night at St Peter's is studiously ignored.
Used with why or when
- when: All had to be found a place, but each could be ignored when convenient for the business of wealth and pleasure.
- what: Man has also ignored what nature put in place millions of years ago.
Preposition: in
- favor: Inevitably this means much counterfeit and pirate production is ignored in favor of the specific claims by single rights owners.
Preposition: by
- historian: Medieval Churches of West Yorkshire a survey of the county's medieval parish churches, many of which have been ignored by architectural historians.
- compiler: These characters might be intended by the programmer to be significant, but they will be ignored by the compiler.
- critic: List tips for with the death ignored by critics.
ignore Quotes
It is the same each time with progress. First they ignore you, then they say you are mad, then dangerous, then there's a pause, and then you can't find anyone who disagrees.
