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Definition of Ignore
1. Verb. Refuse to acknowledge. "She cut him dead at the meeting"
2. Verb. Bar from attention or consideration. "She dismissed his advances"
Specialized synonyms: Cold-shoulder, Slight, Discredit, Shrug Off, Pass Off, Flout, Scoff, Turn A Blind Eye, Laugh Away, Laugh Off, Disoblige
Generic synonyms: Reject
Derivative terms: Brush-off, Dismissive, Disregard, Disregard
3. Verb. Fail to notice.
4. Verb. Give little or no attention to. "Disregard the errors"
Specialized synonyms: Pretermit
Derivative terms: Disregard, Disregard, Neglect, Neglecter, Negligent
5. Verb. Be ignorant of or in the dark about.
Definition of Ignore
1. v. t. To be ignorant of or not acquainted with.
Definition of Ignore
1. Verb. To deliberately pay no attention to. ¹
2. Verb. (obsolete) Fail to notice. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Ignore
1. to refuse to notice [v -NORED, -NORING, -NORES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ignore
Literary usage of Ignore
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1901)
"... did not ignore the use to which ; thoee gigantic works might be put if England
and France came to blows. The relations of the queen and emperor abounded ..."
2. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1905)
"We do not desire to impose any additional burdens upon telegraph companies or
require any unnecessary restrictions, but we cannot ignore the essential ..."
3. Speeches, Correspondence and Political Papers of Carl Schurz by Carl Schurz (1913)
""ignore it! ignore it, when attempts are made to plunge the country into war and
... ignore it, when slavery and free labor wage their fierce war about the ..."
4. Social Statics: Or, The Conditions Essential to Human Happiness Specified by Herbert Spencer (1865)
"If any one of them determines to ignore this mutual-safety confederation, nothing
can be said except that he loses all claim to its good offices, ..."
5. The Cure of Imperfect Sight by Treatment Without Glasses by William Horatio Bates (1920)
"It has long been the custom either to ignore these troublesome facts, or to
explain them away, and fortunately for those who consider it necessary to ..."
6. Studies in History and Jurisprudence by James Bryce Bryce (1901)
"to ignore the actual relation. England (strictly speaking) has no legal control
over Afghanistan or Nepal, and had none over independent Burma down to 1885, ..."
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