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ignore.

To deliberately not listen or pay attention to.

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb/ɪɡˈnɔː/Received-Pronunciation/ɪɡˈnoː/Australia, British, Southern, Standard/ɪɡˈnoɹ/Canada, General-American/əɡˈnoː/New-Zealand
  1. To deliberately not listen or pay attention to.

    transitive
    A problem ignored is a problem doubled.
  2. To pretend to not notice someone or something.

    transitive
  3. Fail to notice.

    obsolete · transitive
  4. Not to know.

    obsolete · transitive
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃-der. Latin īgnōrōlbor. French ignorer English ignore 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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