Meaning of "ignore" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD IGNORE

From Latin ignōrāre not to know, from ignārus ignorant of, from i-in-1 + gnārus knowing; related to Latin noscere to know.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF IGNORE

ignore  [ɪɡˈnɔː]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF IGNORE

Ignore is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb ignore in English.

WHAT DOES IGNORE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Ignorance (disambiguation)

Ignorance is a state of being uninformed. Ignorance may also refer to: In social sciences: ▪ Pluralistic ignorance, a concept in social psychology ▪ Rational ignorance, a concept in epistemology ▪ Vincible ignorance, a moral or doctrinal matter in Catholic ethics ▪ Ignorantia juris non excusat, literally "ignorance of the law is no excuse", the legal principle that the law applies also to those who are unaware of it ▪ Avidya, ignorance as a concept in Vedanta ▪ Avijja, ignorance as a concept in Buddhism In literature: ▪ Ignorance, a 2000 novel by Milan Kundera ▪ Ignorance, a poem in Philip Larkin's collection The Whitsun Weddings In music: ▪ Ignorance, a 1987 album by American metal band Sacred Reich ▪ "Ignorance ", a song by American pop punk band Paramore ▪ Steve Ignorant, British punk musician...

Definition of ignore in the English dictionary

The definition of ignore in the dictionary is to fail or refuse to notice; disregard. Other definition of ignore is disregard.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO IGNORE

PRESENT

Present

I ignore

you ignore

he/she/it ignores

we ignore

you ignore

they ignore

Present continuous

I am ignoring

you are ignoring

he/she/it is ignoring

we are ignoring

you are ignoring

they are ignoring

Present perfect

I have ignored

you have ignored

he/she/it has ignored

we have ignored

you have ignored

they have ignored

Present perfect continuous

I have been ignoring

you have been ignoring

he/she/it has been ignoring

we have been ignoring

you have been ignoring

they have been ignoring

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I ignored

you ignored

he/she/it ignored

we ignored

you ignored

they ignored

Past continuous

I was ignoring

you were ignoring

he/she/it was ignoring

we were ignoring

you were ignoring

they were ignoring

Past perfect

I had ignored

you had ignored

he/she/it had ignored

we had ignored

you had ignored

they had ignored

Past perfect continuous

I had been ignoring

you had been ignoring

he/she/it had been ignoring

we had been ignoring

you had been ignoring

they had been ignoring

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will ignore

you will ignore

he/she/it will ignore

we will ignore

you will ignore

they will ignore

Future continuous

I will be ignoring

you will be ignoring

he/she/it will be ignoring

we will be ignoring

you will be ignoring

they will be ignoring

Future perfect

I will have ignored

you will have ignored

he/she/it will have ignored

we will have ignored

you will have ignored

they will have ignored

Future perfect continuous

I will have been ignoring

you will have been ignoring

he/she/it will have been ignoring

we will have been ignoring

you will have been ignoring

they will have been ignoring

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would ignore

you would ignore

he/she/it would ignore

we would ignore

you would ignore

they would ignore

Conditional continuous

I would be ignoring

you would be ignoring

he/she/it would be ignoring

we would be ignoring

you would be ignoring

they would be ignoring

Conditional perfect

I would have ignore

you would have ignore

he/she/it would have ignore

we would have ignore

you would have ignore

they would have ignore

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been ignoring

you would have been ignoring

he/she/it would have been ignoring

we would have been ignoring

you would have been ignoring

they would have been ignoring

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you ignore
we let´s ignore
you ignore

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to ignore

Past participle

ignored

Present Participle

ignoring

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «IGNORE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «ignore» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of ignore

blank · brush aside · cold-shoulder · cut · dinghy · discount · disregard · neglect · overlook · pass over · rebuff · reject · scorn · shrug off · slight · snub · spurn · take no notice of · turn a blind eye to

TRANSLATION OF IGNORE

Find out the translation of ignore to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of ignore from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «ignore» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 不理睬
• Translator English - Spanish: hacer caso omiso
• English: ignore
• Translator English - Hindi: उपेक्षा
• Translator English - Arabic: يَتَجَاهَلُ
• Translator English - Russian: игнорировать
• Translator English - Portuguese: ignorar
• Translator English - Bengali: উপেক্ষা করা
• Translator English - French: ignorer
• Translator English - Malay: Abaikan
• Translator English - German: ignorieren
• Translator English - Japanese: 無視する
• Translator English - Korean: 무시하다
• Translator English - Javanese: Nglirwakake
• Translator English - Vietnamese: lờ đi
• Translator English - Tamil: புறக்கணிக்க
• Translator English - Marathi: दुर्लक्ष करा
• Translator English - Turkish: aldırmamak
• Translator English - Italian: ignorare
• Translator English - Polish: zignorować
• Translator English - Ukrainian: ігнорувати
• Translator English - Romanian: a ignora
• Translator English - Greek: αγνοώ
• Translator English - Afrikaans: ignoreer
• Translator English - Swedish: ignorera
• Translator English - Norwegian: ignorere

10 QUOTES WITH «IGNORE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word ignore.

1

Ayaan Hirsi Ali

The people who believe themselves to be on the left, and who defend the agents of Islam in the name of tolerance and culture, are being rightwing. Not just rightwing. Extreme rightwing. I don't understand how you can be so upset about the Christian right and just ignore the Islamic right. I'm talking about equality.

2

Eric Alterman

Ironically, tendency to ignore inconvenient facts and unwelcome evidence is actually President Reagan's true legacy, as I noted in 'The Nation' back in 2000, before the current right-wing mania for President Reagan gained its full force.

3

Jennifer Armintrout

The message of body acceptance built on Jennifer Lawrence's soundbites only empowers those who are willing to ignore the fact that her statements reinforce our current cultural views rather than subverting them.

4

Alan Ball

It's hard for me to get interested in stories that ignore death, which is what American marketing culture would like to do: pretend that death doesn't exist, that you can buy immortality; just buy these products, and you'll be forever young and happy.

5

Roy Barnes

But the fact is, no matter how good the teacher, how small the class, how focused on quality education the school may be none of this matters if we ignore the individual needs of our students.

6

Kathryn Bigelow

If there's specific resistance to women making movies, I just choose to ignore that as an obstacle for two reasons: I can't change my gender, and I refuse to stop making movies.

7

Edward de Bono

An expert is someone who has succeeded in making decisions and judgements simpler through knowing what to pay attention to and what to ignore.

8

Heather Brooke

The way the Establishment deals with people like me is to ignore them. When you become unignorable, they will try to smear you, and that's what I feared for a long time. Now I have somehow vaulted into this space where it's difficult for someone to smear me because it would look as though they were being vindictive and spiteful.

9

Geraldine Brooks

You can't write about the past and ignore religion. It was such a fundamental, mind-shaping, driving force for pre-modern societies. I'm very interested in what religion does to us - its capacity to create love and empathy or hatred and violence.

10

Saffron Burrows

You can't ignore the system and the power you acquire as an actor if you're in films that are successful.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «IGNORE»

Discover the use of ignore in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to ignore and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Ignore Everybody: and 39 Other Keys to Creativity

When Hugh MacLeod was a struggling young copywriter, living in a YMCA, he started to doodle on the backs of business cards while sitting at a bar.

Hugh MacLeod, 2009

So Good They Can't Ignore You: Why Skills Trump Passion in ...

Matching your job to a preexisting passion does not matter, he reveals. Passion comes after you put in the hard work to become excellent at something valuable, not before.

Cal Newport, 2012

You Couldn't Ignore Me If You Tried: The Brat Pack, John ...

From the Hardcover edition.

Susannah Gora, 2010

Blame Welfare, Ignore Poverty and Inequality

With the passage of the 1996 welfare reform, not only welfare, but poverty and inequality have disappeared from the political discourse. The decline in the welfare rolls has been hailed as a success. This book challenges that assumption.

Joel F. Handler, Yeheskel Hasenfeld, 2006

Please Ignore Vera Dietz

But will she emerge to clear his name? Does she even want to? Edgy and gripping, Please Ignore Vera Dietz is an unforgettable novel: smart, funny, dramatic, and always surprising. From the Hardcover edition.

A.S. King, 2010

The Jesus You Can't Ignore: What You Must Learn from the ...

Best-selling author John MacArthur gives readers a fresh look at how Jesus addressed attacks against the truth. Meek and mild. Politically correct. A great teacher. These are the popular depictions of Jesus.

John MacArthur, 2009

Too Big to Ignore: The Business Case for Big Data

' Ignore this book at your own peril." —Brad Feld, Managing Director, Foundry Group; author of Startup Communities: Building an Entrepreneurial Ecosystem in Your City "Simon's book provides a very valuable primer to the increasingly ...

Phil Simon, 2013

How to Get the Girl - Ignore and Score: Dating Mindsets ...

Our mindsets drive the emotions we have, the decisions we make, and the women we attract into our lives. This book outlines the very best dating mindsets I've tested, experienced, and found most successful.

Robert Belland, 2011

13th Gen: Abort, Retry, Ignore, Fail?

A collection of commentaries, quotations, computer dumps, and cartoons explores the post-baby-boom generation's growing influence on American culture

Neil Howe, William Strauss, 1993

The Trouble with Diversity: How We Learned to Love Identity ...

But in this provocative new book, Walter Benn Michaels argues that our enthusiastic celebration of "difference" masks our neglect of America's vast and growing economic divide.

Walter Benn Michaels, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «IGNORE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term ignore is used in the context of the following news items.

New domestic abuse campaign calls on friends & family not to …

The campaign calls on people not to ignore a gut feeling that something may be wrong and to report their concerns. The campaign has been ... «Avon and Somerset Constabulary, Jul 15»

Congress Suggests Obama Will Ignore Slavery To Secure Trade Deal

Congress Suggests Obama Will Ignore Slavery To Secure Trade Deal. Lawmakers suspect the administration will upgrade Malaysia's ranking ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»

Ignore the naysayers, and join the Pan Am festivities - The Globe …

Toronto resident Peter Landry is the proud father of Canadian gold medal-winning rugby player Ghislaine Landry. ------------------. We are about ... «The Globe and Mail, Jul 15»

Ignore the criticism, Sports Minister has told me: Vijender Singh …

"He knew of the noise being created about my decision but he told me just ignore all that and do well. It was morale-boosting to meet him ... «Zee News, Jul 15»

BBC cannot ignore Scottish dimension in battle for its future (From …

Culture Secretary John Whittingdale wants to ask “hard questions” about the size and ambition of the future BBC. The corporation responds by ... «Herald Scotland, Jul 15»

Jason Osu murder trial jury told to ignore “hidden agendas …

A murder jury was told to ignore “hidden agendas, misplaced theories and wild speculation” when considering whether Paul Woodford ... «Liverpool Echo, Jul 15»

Cops take Staten Island man on 'rough ride' in van, ignore his pleas …

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — A Staten Island man is suing the city and four NYPD officers, alleging he endured a five-hour "rough ride" while ... «SILive.com, Jul 15»

Networks Ignore Hillary Clinton's Favorability Plummeting to 39%

Networks Ignore Hillary Clinton's Favorability Plummeting to 39%. By Kyle Drennen | July 16, 2015 | 2:27 PM EDT. Share it Tweet it. 0. shares. On Thursday, all ... «NewsBusters, Jul 15»

Media Ignore: Dems Defending Planned Parenthood Got $43K from …

Media Ignore: Dems Defending Planned Parenthood Got $43K from Abortion Giant. By Katie Yoder | July 16, 2015 | 1:11 PM EDT. Share it Tweet it. 0. shares. «NewsBusters, Jul 15»

League: Warriors need to ignore hype says McFadden | Otago Daily …

Ahead of Sunday's big showdown against the third-placed Roosters in Sydney, McFadden says his side need to ignore the building hype and ... «Otago Daily Times, Jul 15»