ignore

Word Origin & History

1610s, "not to know, to be ignorant of," from French ignorer "be unaware of," from Latin ignorare "not to know, disregard" (see ignorant). Sense of "pay no attention to" first recorded 1801 (Barnhart says "probably a dictionary word"), and not common until c.1850. Related: Ignored; ignoring.

Example Sentences for ignore

There was a masterful quality in his declaration, which seemed to ignore her negation.

Active opposition I could fight; but the tactics are now to ignore me.

I resolved to ignore them as far as possible: to treat them, that is to say, as modes of imperfection.

Mulready seemed to ignore Calendar and address himself to the captain.

And his instinct told him withal that he must ignore her mood if he would win her from it.

But either she chose artfully to ignore my struggle or she was truly unaware of it.

Mrs. Belknap-Jackson and Mrs. Effie affected to ignore the meeting.

To ignore it, and it is too commonly ignored, is to falsify every issue.

There were other things more surprising which he could not ignore.

Till then was it not best to ignore it, to fall in with his apparent frivolity?

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