ignore

ignore is on the Academic Word List.

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: ĭgnôʹ, IPA ^(key): /ɪɡˈnɔː/
• (US) enPR: ĭgnôrʹ, IPA ^(key): /ɪɡˈnɔr/

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• Hyphenation: ig‧nore

Verb

Plain form ignore

Third-person singular ignores

Past tense ignored

Past participle ignored

Present participle ignoring

1. (transitive) If you ignore someone or something, you don't listen to, look at, or pay attention to them.

   He says he should be paid for fixing it, but he's ignoring the fact that it wasn't broken.

Related words

• ignorant
• ignorance