ignore
/ɪɡˈnoɹ/ verb B1- To deliberately not listen or pay attention to. · A problem ignored is a problem doubled.
- To pretend to not notice someone or something.
Plural ignore · He/she/it ignores · Past ignored · Past participle ignored · -ing form ignoring
Verb forms
- Base form
- ignore
- He/she/it
- ignores
- Past
- ignored
- Past participle
- ignored
- -ing form
- ignoring
From the library
She would not stoop to admit that she meant to rival Gilbert in schoolwork, because that would have been to acknowledge his existence which Anne persistently ignored; but the rivalry was there and honors fluctuated between them.
But Anne Shirley he simply ignored, and Anne found out that it is not pleasant to be ignored.
It was destined, however, that all my professional caution should be wasted, for next morning the problem obtruded itself upon us in such a way that it was impossible to ignore it, and our country visit took a turn which neither of us could have anticipated.
The appeal was one which could not be ignored.
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