ignore

verb
/ɪɡˈnɔː/UK/ɪɡˈnoɹ/CA/ɪɡˈnoː/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃-der. Latin ignōrōlbor. French ignorer English ignore From French ignorer, from Latin ignōrō (“to have no knowledge of, mistake, take no notice of, ignore”), from ignārus (“not knowing”), from in- (“not”) + gnārus (“knowing”), from gnōscō, nōscō; see know.

  1. derived from ignōrō — “to have no knowledge of, mistake, take no notice of, ignore
  2. derived from ignōrōlbor
  3. derived from *ǵneh₃-der

Definitions

  1. To deliberately not listen or pay attention to.

    • A problem ignored is a problem doubled.
    • Ignore these four words.
  2. To pretend to not notice someone or something.

  3. Fail to notice.

  4. + 1 more definition
    1. Not to know.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at ignore. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01ignore02pretend03veil04diaphanous05translucent06diffusing07broken08violated09ignored

A definitional loop anchored at ignore. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at ignore

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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