ignore

[ ig-nawr, -nohr ]
/ ɪgˈnɔr, -ˈnoʊr /

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

Example sentences from the Web for ignored

British Dictionary definitions for ignored

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