Meaning

4 senses

  1. (transitive)To deliberately not listen or pay attention to.

    A problem ignored is a problem doubled.

    ignorieren, missachten

    игнори́роватьignorírovatʹ, проигнори́роватьproignorírovatʹ, пренебрега́тьprenebregátʹ

    ігнорува́тиihnoruváty, проігнорува́тиproihnoruváty, зігнорува́тиzihnoruváty

    give little or no attention to

  2. (transitive)To pretend to not notice someone or something.

    fail to notice

  3. (obsolete, transitive)Fail to notice.

  4. (obsolete, transitive)Not to know.

Examples

1143 sentences

  1. We don't want to ignore facts.

    Ми не хочемо ігнорувати факти. — deniko

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  2. I've been ignored for too long.

    Мене задовго ігнорували. — deniko

    deIch wurde viel zu lange ignoriert. — Waldelfe

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  3. Tom tried to ignore the problem.

    Він спробував проігнорувати проблему. — deniko

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  4. Tom is trying to ignore Mary.

    Том намагається ігнорувати Мері. — deniko

    ruТом пытается игнорировать Мэри. — odexed

    deTom versucht, Maria zu ignorieren. — VOsakosa

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  5. Were we supposed to ignore Tom?

    Ми мали ігнорувати Тома? — deniko

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
to deliberately pay no attention to:
Русский
By meaning 1
to deliberately pay no attention to:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to deliberately pay no attention to:

Origin

From French ignorer, from Latin ignōrō (“to have no knowledge of, mistake, take no notice

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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Forms

ignores, ignoring, ignored, ignored
Base formignore · to ignore
3rd person singularignores
Present participleignoring
Past simpleignored
Past participleignored

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyignore
he, she, itignores

Past simpleLesson

all personsignored

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave ignored
he, she, ithas ignored

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill ignore

Synonyms

33 synonyms
disregardB2neglectB2overlookB2missA1overseeC1discountB1dissembleC2despiseB2passA2wink atconnivemisheedmisregardoverpass
Close in meaning

Antonyms

23 antonyms
noticeB1recognizeB1watchA1attendB1clockA1considerA2give heedheedlet in onmarkA2mindA2passA2pay attentionpay heed

Word family

18 related words
RelatedignoranceB2ignorantB2avoidA2ignoralzone outostracization
Derivediggyignorabilityignorableignorationignoreeignorelistignorementignoromeignorosphereignortionreignoreunignore

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

Collocations

12 patterns
  • tried to ignore
  • can't ignore
  • being being ignored
  • can't ignore this
  • can't just ignore
  • ignore the pain
  • to ignore what
  • to ignore the
  • chose to ignore
  • ignore this problem
  • ignore the noise
  • decided to ignore

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
ignoramusignoranceB2ignorantB2iguanaikebanaillA2
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