Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- v. To refuse to pay attention to; disregard.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Not to know; be ignorant of.
- To pass over or by without notice; treat as if not known; shut the eyes to; leave out of account; disregard: as, to ignore facts.
- In law, to throw out as being unsupported by evidence. See ignoramus, 1.
Wiktionary
- v. To deliberately pay no attention to.
- v. Fail to notice.
GNU Webster's 1913
- v. To be ignorant of or not acquainted with.
- v. To throw out or reject as false or ungrounded; -- said of a bill rejected by a grand jury for lack of evidence. See Ignoramus.
- v. Hence: To refuse to take notice of; to shut the eyes to; not to recognize; to disregard willfully and causelessly
WordNet 3.0
- v. fail to notice
- v. bar from attention or consideration
- v. refuse to acknowledge
- v. give little or no attention to
- v. be ignorant of or in the dark about
Etymologies
- French ignorer, from Old French, from Latin ignōrāre; see gnō- in Indo-European roots.
Examples
“How can a conference of this title ignore the effect on Israel of being kept at war by its enemies for over 60 years if its organisers are not themselves biased.”
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...
“The point, which dipshits like you continually ignore is that Mrs. Tebow was GIVEN THE CHOICE.”
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“The facts that Republicans like to ignore is that climate change does weird things to weather.”
“What you ignore is the fact that most ID supporters don't believe in a purely naturalistic evolutionary process.”
“What most media reports ignore is that the epidemic has been years in the making.”
The Huffington Post: Crossover Dreams: The Clinton Bush Haiti Fund is Lying to You
“The key quote you ignore is “None of the attorneys under investigation were identified in the Post report.””
The Volokh Conspiracy » Andrew McCarthy Sticks to His Guns (And He May Be Pointing Them at You Next)
“What many doves forget/ignore is that the Cold War is over.”
“But I think one thing you ignore is that ‘appearing to fight’ might actually strengthen your hand.”
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“The problem, that economists force themselves to ignore, is that the immediate benefits of governnment growth depend upon the marginal benefit/cost ratio at various income levels.”
From Far Left to Libertarian, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
“What they choose to ignore is that she is a strong advocate for the health care of children, for prenatal care for women and for preventive medicine.”
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