Ignore

See also ignoré

English

Etymology

< French ignorer < Latin ignorare (“‘to have no knowledge of, mistake, take no notice of, ignore’”) < ignarus (“‘not knowing’”) < in + gnarus (“‘knowing’”) < *gnoscere, noscere; see know.

Pronunciation

• (RP) enPR: ĭgnyô', IPA: /ɪɡˈnjɔː/, SAMPA: /Ig"nO:/
• (US) enPR: ĭgnōr', IPA: /ɪɡˈnoʊɹ/, SAMPA: /Ig"noUr\/

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  • Rhymes: -ɔː(r)

Verb

Infinitive to Ignore

Third person singular ignor

Simple past -

Past participle -

Present participle ing

to Ignore (third-person singular simple present ignor, present participle ing, simple past and past participle -)

1. To deliberately pay no attention to.
2. (obsolete) Fail to notice.

Synonyms

• turn a blind eye

Antonyms

• watch

Derived terms

• ignorable

Related terms

• ignorance
• ignorant

Translations

to deliberately pay no attention to

Arabic: تجاهل ar(ar) (tajaahala) Chinese: Mandarin: 忽視 cmn(cmn), 忽视 cmn(cmn) (hūshì), 忽略 cmn(cmn) (hūlüè), 不理 cmn(cmn) (bù lǐ), 不問 cmn(cmn), 不问 cmn(cmn) (bù wèn) Czech: ignorovat cs(cs) Danish: ignorere da(da) Dutch: negeren nl(nl) Finnish: jättää huomiotta, olla välittämättä French: ne pas rendre compte de German: ignorieren de(de), mißachten de(de)

Icelandic: hunsa is(is) Italian: ignorare it(it) Japanese: 顧みない (かえりみない, kaeriminai), 無視する ja(ja) (mushi-suru), 目をつぶる ja(ja) (me-o tsuburu) Polish: ignorować pl(pl) Russian: игнорировать ru(ru) (ignorírovat'), пренебрегать ru(ru) (prenebregát'), не принимать во внимание ru(ru) (ne prinimát' vo vnimánije) Scottish Gaelic: leig seachad gd(gd) Spanish: ignorar es(es) Swahili: puuza sw(sw) Telugu: విస్మరించు (vismariMchu)

External links

• Ignore in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• Ignore in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

Anagrams

• eginor,
• region

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French

Verb

Ignore

1. First-person singular present indicative of ignorer.
2. Third-person singular present indicative of ignorer.
3. First-person singular present subjunctive of ignorer.
4. Third-person singular present subjunctive of ignorer.
5. Second-person singular imperative of ignorer.

Anagrams

• eginor,
• région

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Portuguese

Verb

Ignore

1. First-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of verb ignorar.
2. Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você^?) present subjunctive of verb ignorar.
3. Third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of verb ignorar.
4. Third-person singular (você) negative imperative of verb ignorar.

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Spanish

Verb

Ignore (infinitive ignorar)

1. first-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of ignorar.
2. formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of ignorar.
3. third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of ignorar.

ar:ignore cs:ignore et:ignore fa:ignore fr:ignore io:ignore it:ignore kn:ignore hu:ignore ml:ignore my:ignore ja:ignore no:ignore pl:ignore pt:ignore simple:ignore fi:ignore sv:ignore ta:ignore te:ignore vi:ignore zh:ignore