# ignore

Pronunciation: US say "ig-NOR" /ɪɡˈnoɹ/; UK say "ig-NAW" /ɪɡˈnɔː/

## Verb

1. To deliberately refuse to listen or pay attention to someone or something.
   - Simple: To choose not to listen to or pay attention to someone or something on purpose.
   - _Drivers who ignore warning signs put everyone at risk._
   - _She ignored the constant interruptions and finished her report._
2. To deliberately pretend not to notice someone or something, as though they were not present.
   - Simple: To act like you do not notice someone or something.
   - _My neighbor ignored me in the elevator, staring at her phone the whole ride down._
   - _Coworkers who ignore each other make the office tense._
3. To leave something out of account or not take it into consideration, without any deliberate snub, as a model, rule, program or argument does.
   - Simple: To leave something out or not count it, as a rule or a computer program does.

## Verb

4. To be without knowledge of something; to be unaware of a fact or matter. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: To have no knowledge of something at all.

## Origin

English took this from French ignorer. Its source is Latin ignōrō, meaning to take no notice of or to have no knowledge of. That verb was perhaps formed from ignārus ("not knowing"), which joins in- with gnārus ("knowing") and goes back to a root meaning "to know."

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/ignore (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).