ignore
Syllables: ig·noreUK/ɪɡˈnɔː/
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Australia/ɪɡˈnoː/
ignore verb: to deliberately not listen or pay attention to.
Verb
ignore (third-person singular simple present ignores, present participle ignoring, simple past and past participle ignored)
- To deliberately not listen or pay attention to.
- A problem ignored is a problem doubled.
- Ignore these four words.2004, George Carlin, When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops?, New York: Hyperion Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 109
- To pretend to not notice someone or something.
- Fail to notice.
- Not to know.
- Synonyms:
- be ignorant of
- Antonyms:
- know
ignore meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
ignore in Hindi
- to deliberately pay no attention to
- उपेक्षा upekṣā, उपेक्षा करना upekṣā karnā, अवहेलना करना avhelnā karnā, ध्यान न देना dhyān na denā
ignore in Tamil
- to deliberately pay no attention to
- புறக்கணிக்கவும் puṟakkaṇikkavum
ignore in Urdu
- to deliberately pay no attention to
- نطر انداز کرنا
ignore in Bengali
- to ignore, neglect or disregard
- অগ্রাহ্য করা ograjjho kora
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- ignore in Telugu
- విస్మరించు vismariñcu
- ignore in Malayalam
- തഴയുക taḻayuka
- ignore in Kannada
- ಕಡೆಗಣಿಸು, ಕಡೆಗಣ್ಚು, ಕಡೆಮಾಡು, ಕೀಳ್ಗೆಯ್
- ignore in Sanskrit
- मृष्यते mṛ́ṣyate, जहाति jáhāti
- ignore in Assamese
- অগ্ৰাহ্য কৰা ograhyo kora, অগ্ৰাহ্য কৰ ograhyo kor
- ignore in Tagalog
- balewalain
- ignore in Arabic
- تَجَاهَلَ tajāhala, طَنَّش ṭannaš
- ignore in Indonesian
- mengabaikan
- ignore in Persian
- چشمپوشی کردن čašm-puši kardan, نادیده گرفتن nâdide gereftan
- ignore in Thai
- เมิน məən
- ignore in Vietnamese
- lơ, lờ, bơ
Examples of ignore in a sentence
- One day you say you love me, the next you ignore me—I don't understand you!
- I gave him express instructions not to begin until I arrived, but he ignored me.
- One branch of English society drops its initial aitches, and another branch ignores its terminal gees.
Synonyms of ignore
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Antonyms
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Forms of ignore
| third-person singular present | ignores |
|---|---|
| present participle | ignoring |
| past participle | ignored |
| past | ignored |
| second-person singular present (archaic) | ignorest |
| second-person singular past (archaic) | ignoredst |
| third-person singular present (archaic) | ignoreth |
Origin of 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.
Words formed from ignore
Phrases with ignore
Words that rhyme with ignore
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Questions about ignore
- What does ignore mean?
- Ignore means to deliberately not listen or pay attention to.
- What is ignore in Hindi?
- Ignore in Hindi is उपेक्षा (upekṣā), उपेक्षा करना (upekṣā karnā), अवहेलना करना (avhelnā karnā). See Ignore meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is ignore?
- Ignore is a verb.
- How do you pronounce ignore?
- Ignore is pronounced /ɪɡˈnɔː/ (UK).
- What is the past tense of ignore?
- The past tense of ignore is ignored.
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Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: ignore (page history and authors); অগ্রাহ্য করা (Bengali) (page history and authors); തഴയുക (Malayalam) (page history and authors); ignore (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); जहाति (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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