verb [VN]
1 to pay no attention to sth
SYNDISREGARD:
He ignored all the 'No Smoking' signs and lit up a cigarette. * I made a suggestion but they chose to ignore it. * We cannot afford to ignore their advice. * She deliberately ignored my question and changed the subject.
2 to pretend that you have not seen sb or that sb is not there:
She ignored him and carried on with her work. * If he tries to start an argument, just ignore him.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for ignore is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Does ignore appear elsewhere on Lughet?
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