ignore

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To deliberately not listen or pay attention to.

   A problem ignored is a problem doubled.

2. 2
   verb

   be ignorant of or in the dark about

3. 3
   verb

   give little or no attention to

4. 4
   verb

   bar from attention or consideration

5. 5
   verb

   refuse to acknowledge

6. 6
   verb

   fail to notice

7. 7
   verb

   To pretend to not notice someone or something.

8. 8
   verb

   Fail to notice.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃-der. Latin ignōrōlbor. French ignorer English ignore From French ignorer, from Latin ignōrō (“to have no knowledge of, mistake, take no notice of, ignore”), from ignārus (“not knowing”), from in + gnārus (“knowing”), from gnōscō, nōscō; see know.