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- pronunciation:
- ihg
nor
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Word History, Word Explorer, Word Parts
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
ignores, ignoring, ignored |
| definition: |
to refuse to recognize or fail to take notice of; pay no attention to; disregard.
Some man whistled at her, but she ignored him and kept walking.The company's top management ignored a truth that was obvious to everyone else.- synonyms:
- discount, disregard, forget, neglect, overlook
- antonyms:
- acknowledge, address, adhere, attend, bear in mind, consider, obey, recognize, watch
- similar words:
- avoid, bury, disobey, eschew, evade, forgo, pass up, shun, snub
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| related words: |
amnesty, boycott, breach, contravene, excuse, forgive, jump, miss, pass, reject, scant, scorn, slight, waive |
adverb + (v.)ignore
blatantly,
blithely,
but,
completely,
consciously,
consistently,
conveniently,
deliberately,
entirely,
generally,
largely,
pointedly,
politely,
routinely,
safely,
simply,
studiously,
systematically,
totally,
utterly,
virtually,
wholly,
willfully
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(v.)ignore
+ adverb
altogether, any
(v.)ignore
+ noun
advice,
complaint,
complexity,
cry,
decree,
directive,
fact,
imperative,
impunity,
insult,
interruption,
naysayer,
objection,
peril,
plea,
plight,
prohibition,
protest,
reality,
recommendation,
remark,
request,
ringing,
sarcasm,
spam,
stare,
warning,
wish
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| derivation: |
ignorable (adj.) |
Ignore comes from a Latin word that means "to not know."
The word ignore
contains the following parts:
i-
Latin
prefix
that means not, without
  Example words:
cogn, cognit, gnor
Latin
root
that means know, knowledge
Example words:
cognition, cognitive, cognizable, cognizance, cognoscente, ignorance, ignore, incognito, incognizant, precognition, recognition, recognizance, recognize
- synonyms:
- gnos, gnosis, gnom, -gnomy
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