| query | If you say that an argument or theory i______ an important aspect of a situation, you are criticizing it because it fails to consider that aspect or to take it into account .If you say that an argument or theory ignores an important aspect of a situation, you are criticizing it because it fails to consider that aspect or to take it into account . Such arguments ignore the question of where ultimate responsibility lay. |
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| word | ignore |
| full-definition | verb If you ignore someone or something, you pay no attention to them. Why are you ignoring me? The government had ignored his views on the subject. She ignored legal advice to drop the case. For two decades her theatrical talents were ignored by the film industry. If you say that an argument or theory ignores an important aspect of a situation, you are criticizing it because it fails to consider that aspect or to take it into account . Such arguments ignore the question of where ultimate responsibility lay. |
| inflections | ignoresignoringignored |
| cefr-level | B1 |
Tags: oxford5k::cefr-level:b1
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