Translation
to ignore
Word origin
From Latin ignorare ('not to know'), built from in ('not') and the root of gnarus ('knowing'). English ignore drifted from not knowing to deliberately not noticing, and Esperanto took the later sense.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- ignorare
- English cognates
- ignore, ignorant, ignoramus
Examples
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He ignored my words.
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Do not ignore the law.
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She ignored the noise and went on reading.
Deliberate, not accidental. If you simply did not know, that is ; means you saw it and looked away. The homegrown alternative is i, the opposite of , and older writers often prefer it.
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