ignore

CEFRB1

/ɪɡˈnɔː/

verb

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

01
verb
To deliberately pay no attention to something.
02
verb
Extra detail
Fail to notice.

Examples

Count as one fractions of half a yen and over, but ignore those of less.
You should just ignore any critical comments.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses: 5
Parts of speech: 1
Citations: 3
Synonyms: 5

Also pronounced

/ɪɡˈnoɹ/

Deep Dive

verb

Extra meanings

To pretend to not notice someone or something.
To deliberately not listen or pay attention to.
Not to know.

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In context

It's better to ignore his eccentricities.
A problem ignored is a problem doubled.
Ignore these four words.

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She decided to blank the loud noise and continue studying for her exam.

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Citations

The word in print, with each source given in full.

Ignore these four words.
2004, George Carlin, When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops?, New York: Hyperion Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 109
One particularly damaging, but often ignored, effect of conflict on education is the proliferation of attacks on schools[…]as children, teachers or school buildings become the targets of attacks. Parents fear sending their children to school. Girls are particularly vulnerable to sexual violence.
2013 July 19, Mark Tran, “Denied an education by war”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 6, page 1
The late Professor Pat White was an outspoken critic. In his 1986 book Forgotten Railways, he dismissed as smoke and mirrors the oft-used argument that 33% of rail routes carried only 1% of the traffic, as it ignores the fact that a third of the national road network also only carried 2% of cars and lorries. But unlike rail, road got away with it because no mention was made of how much it cost the taxpayer to keep them usable.
2023 March 8, Howard Johnston, “Was Marples the real railway wrecker?”, in RAIL, number 978, page 53

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Origin

verb

From French ignorer, from Latin ignōrō (“to have no knowledge of, mistake, take no notice of, ignore”), from ignārus (“not knowing”), from in- (“not”) + gnārus (“knowing”), from gnōscō, nōscō; see know.

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verb

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She decided to blank— the loud noise and continue studying for her exam.

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verb

She decided to blank the loud noise and continue studying for her exam.