Definition

1. Verb:
   • To refuse to take notice of or acknowledge; to deliberately pay no attention to someone or something.
   • To fail to consider or disregard something, often intentionally.
   • (Law) To reject (a bill of indictment) as ungrounded.

Usage

• The primary use is to describe the conscious act of not paying attention to a person, statement, fact, or situation.
• It implies a deliberate choice to overlook or not respond.
• It is a transitive verb and must take a direct object (e.g., ignore a person, ignore a warning).

Examples

• Basic Usage:

  • Please ignore the noise from the construction site.
  • He chose to ignore her rude comments.
  • The teacher told the students to ignore the distraction.

• In Context:

  • You cannot ignore the facts if you want to make an informed decision.
  • She felt hurt when her friends ignored her at the party.

Advanced Usage

• "Ignore the errors": To proceed without correcting or addressing mistakes.
  • The software allows you to ignore minor formatting errors during the spell check.
• "Ignore one's feelings": To consciously not acknowledge or act upon one's own or another's emotions.
  • It's unhealthy to constantly ignore your feelings.

Variants and Related Words

• Ignorance (n): The state of being unaware or uninformed.
  • His mistake was due to ignorance of the law, not malice.
• Ignorant (adj): Lacking knowledge or awareness.
  • He was ignorant of the basic procedures.
• Ignorable (adj): Capable of being ignored.
  • The background noise was barely ignorable.

Synonyms

• Disregard: To treat as unworthy of regard or notice.
• Overlook: To fail to notice or consider; to ignore indulgently.
• Neglect: To pay too little attention to; to disregard through carelessness.
• Snub: To ignore or behave coldly toward someone deliberately.

Phrasal Verbs

(The word 'ignore' itself does not commonly form phrasal verbs. The action is typically expressed by the verb alone.)

Related Idioms

• Turn a blind eye: To pretend not to notice; to ignore deliberately.
  • The manager turned a blind eye to the minor safety violations.
• Give someone the cold shoulder: To intentionally ignore someone or be unfriendly.
  • After their argument, she gave him the cold shoulder for a week.

Verb

1. be ignorant of or in the dark about
2. give little or no attention to
   • Disregard the errors
3. fail to notice
4. bar from attention or consideration
   • She dismissed his advances
5. refuse to acknowledge
   • She cut him dead at the meeting