Ignore I Verb ɪɡˈnɔː(R ɪɡˈnɔːr Smoking Signs Lit

• he ignored all the ‘no smoking’ signs and lit up a cigarette.
• i made a suggestion but they chose to ignore it.
• we cannot afford to ignore their advice.
• to ignore a warning/a problem/an issue

ignore

Verb Forms

1. to pay no attention to something
• SYNONYM disregard
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/disregard_2
• He ignored all the ‘No Smoking’ signs and lit up a cigarette.
• I made a suggestion but they chose to ignore it.
• We cannot afford to ignore their advice.
• to ignore a warning/a problem/an issue
• She deliberately ignored my question and changed the subject.
• We can't ignore the fact that there is a huge problem here.
• His work was largely ignored and forgotten for 30 years.
• Much of social science research simply ignores these sectors.
• The government has completely ignored the wishes of the public.

Extra Examples

• He blithely ignored her protests and went on talking.
• Her mother's opinions on how babies should be cared for were freely given and duly ignored.
• Hill wilfully ignored the conventions of the banking world.
• I've learned to ignore all of my sister's hurtful comments.
• People seem very willing to ignore the risks.
• Safety guidelines had been blatantly ignored.
• Scientists have tended to ignore these creatures.
• Social services routinely ignore the problems facing at-risk young women.
• The diesel fumes from Oxford's buses are not easily ignored.
• The managers have conveniently ignored these statistics.
2. to pretend that you have not seen somebody or that somebody is not there
• OPPOSITE acknowledge (4)
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/acknowledge#acknowledge_sng_4
• She ignored him and carried on with her work.
• If he tries to start an argument, just ignore him.

Extra Examples

• He continued eating, deciding to ignore her.
• I shrugged, pretending to ignore him.
• She sat at her desk and studiously ignored me.

Word Origin

• late 15th cent. (in the sense ‘be ignorant of’): from French ignorer or Latin ignorare ‘not know, ignore’, from in- ‘not’ + gno-, a base meaning ‘know’. Current senses date from the early 19th cent.