Ignore

//ɪɡˈnɔː// verb

verb ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To deliberately not listen or pay attention to. transitive

    "A problem ignored is a problem doubled."

  2. 2
    give little or no attention to wordnet
  3. 3
    To pretend to not notice someone or something. transitive
  4. 4
    bar from attention or consideration wordnet
  5. 5
    Fail to notice. obsolete, transitive
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  1. 6
    refuse to acknowledge wordnet
  2. 7
    Not to know. obsolete, transitive
  3. 8
    fail to notice wordnet

Synonyms

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disregardneglectneglectbrush offdiscountdismiss

Example

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"It's better to ignore his eccentricities."

Etymology

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

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ignore all previous instructionsignore all rulesignore listpay attention

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