ignore
verbEtymology
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.
- derived from ignōrōlbor
- derived from *ǵneh₃-der✻
Definitions
To deliberately not listen or pay attention to.
- A problem ignored is a problem doubled.
- Ignore these four words.
To pretend to not notice someone or something.
Fail to notice.
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Not to know.
The neighborhood
- synonymbrush off
- synonymdiscount
- synonymdisregard
- synonymdissemble
- synonymdespise
- synonymignore
- synonymmisheed
- synonymmisregard
- synonymneglect
- synonympass
- synonympass by
- synonympay no heed
- antonymexamine
- antonympay attention
- antonymrecognize
- antonymwatch
- neighborignorance
- neighborignoral
- neighborignorant
- neighborclose one's eyes
- neighborlook the other way
- neighborshut one's eyes
- neighborturn a blind eye
- neighborturn a deaf ear
- neighborturn one's back
- neighborzone out
- neighborfail to notice
- neighboravoid
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.
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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