Ignore I Chose Afford Problem Verb Bre ɪɡˈnɔː(R

• 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.
• she deliberately ignored my question and changed the subject.

ignore

1. to pay no attention to something
• synonym disregard
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/disregard_1
• 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.
• She deliberately ignored my question and changed the subject.
2. to pretend that you have not seen somebody or that somebody is not there
• opposite notice
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/notice_2
• She ignored him and carried on with her work.
• If he tries to start an argument, just ignore him.

Extra Examples

• He blithely ignored her protests and went on talking as if all were agreed between them.
• He continued eating, deciding to ignore her.
• He preferred to ignore these comments.
• 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 shrugged, pretending to ignore him.
• I’ve learned to ignore all of my sister’s hurtful comments.
• It would be foolish to ignore them completely.
• Jason had managed to ignore a lot of the pressure for most of his career.
• People seem very willing to ignore the risks.
• Safety guidelines had been blatantly ignored.
• Safety standards are widely ignored in the industry.
• Scientists have tended to ignore these creatures.
• She sat at her desk and studiously ignored me.
• Shona basically ignored her.
• Social services routinely ignore the problems facing at-risk young women.
• The diesel fumes from Oxford’s buses are not easily ignored.
• The government has simply ignored the problem altogether.
• The group politely ignored her remark.
• The judge chose to ignore the views of the doctors.
• The managers have conveniently ignored these statistics.
• The pernicious effect of this advertising on children is a problem that we ignore at our peril.
• The press typically ignores a problem until it causes a crisis.
• These people occupy such a marginal position in society that the authorities think they can be safely ignored.
• a look of disapproval which he promptly ignored
• a warning the president cannot afford to ignore

Verb Forms

• present simple I / you / we / they ignore
• he / she / it ignores
• past simple ignored
• past participle ignored
• -ing form ignoring

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.