ignore

[ ig-nawr, -nohr ]
/ ɪgˈnɔr, -ˈnoʊr /
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verb (used with object), ig·nored, ig·nor·ing.

to refrain from noticing or recognizing: to ignore insulting remarks.
Law. (of a grand jury) to reject (a bill of indictment), as on the grounds of insufficient evidence.

Origin of ignore

1605–15; < Latin ignōrāre to not know, disregard, verbal derivative of ignārus ignorant, unaware (with -ō- perhaps from ignōtus unknown), equivalent to in- in-3 + gnārus knowing, acquainted (with); akin to ( g)nōscere to know1

OTHER WORDS FROM ignore

Words nearby ignore

ignoramus, ignorance, ignorance is bliss, ignorant, ignoratio elenchi, ignore, ignotum per ignotius, igorot, igraine, iguana, iguanid

Words related to ignorable

forgettable, unimportant, bland, nondescript, unmemorable, unremarkable, uneventful

Example sentences from the Web for ignorable

  • Things-plus-me is the only knowable, and consequently the only 'ignorable.'

    James Frederick Ferrier |Elizabeth Sanderson Haldane

  • The law of ignorance hence is that 'we can be ignorant only of what can be known,' or 'the knowable is alone the ignorable.'

    James Frederick Ferrier |Elizabeth Sanderson Haldane

British Dictionary definitions for ignorable

ignore
/ (ɪɡˈnɔː) /

verb (tr)

to fail or refuse to notice; disregard

noun

Australian informal disregard to treat someone with ignore

Derived forms of ignore

ignorable, adjective ignorer, noun

Word Origin for ignore

C17: from Latin ignōrāre not to know, from ignārus ignorant of, from i- in- 1 + gnārus knowing; related to Latin noscere to know