ignore

1 refuse to acknowledge; "She cut him dead at the meeting" [syn: disregard, snub, cut]

2 bar from attention or consideration; "She dismissed his advances" [syn: dismiss, disregard, brush aside, brush off, discount, push aside]

3 fail to notice [ant: notice]

4 give little or no attention to; "Disregard the errors" [syn: neglect, disregard]

5 be ignorant of or in the dark about [ant: know]

English

Pronunciation

• (RP): ĭgnyô', /ɪɡˈnjɔː/, /Ig"nO:/
• (US): ĭgnyôr', /ɪɡˈnjɔːr/, /Ig"nO:r/
  • Rhymes: -ɔː(r)

Verb

1. To deliberately pay no attention to.
2. Fail to notice.

Translations

French

Verb

1. Form of First-person singular present subjunctive, ignorer
2. Form of Third-person singular present subjunctive, ignorer
3. Form of Second-person singular imperative, ignorer

Ignorance is the condition of being uninformed or uneducated, lacking knowledge or information. It may also refer to:

• Avijja, ignorance as a concept in Buddhism
• Ignorance (album), a Sacred Reich album
• Ignorance (band), a thrash-funk metal band
• Ignorance (novel), a Czech novel
• Pluralistic ignorance, a concept in social psychology
• Rational ignorance, a concept in epistemology
• Vincible ignorance, a moral or doctrinal matter in Catholic ethics that could have been removed by diligence reasonable to the circumstancess

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