ignore
(verb) be ignorant of or in the dark about
neglect, ignore, disregard
(verb) give little or no attention to; “Disregard the errors”
dismiss, disregard, brush aside, brush off, discount, push aside, ignore
(verb) bar from attention or consideration; “She dismissed his advances”
ignore, disregard, snub, cut
(verb) refuse to acknowledge; “She cut him dead at the meeting”
ignore
(verb) fail to notice
Source: WordNet® 3.1
ignore (third-person singular simple present ignores, present participle ignoring, simple past and past participle ignored) (transitive)
To deliberately not listen or pay attention to.
Synonyms: misheed, neglect, unmind, unheed, Thesaurus:ignore
Antonyms: notice, recognize, watch, Thesaurus:pay attention
To pretend to not notice someone or something.
Synonyms: connive, dissimulate, overlook, turn a blind eye to, wink at
Antonyms: notice, observe
(obsolete) Fail to notice.
Synonyms: misheed, overlook, Thesaurus:fail to notice
(obsolete) Not to know.
Synonym: be ignorant of
Antonym: know
• Regino, eringo, ingoer, region
Source: Wiktionary
Ig*nore", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ignored; p. pr. & vb. n. Ignoring.] Etym: [L. ignorare; pref. in- not + the root of gnarus knowing, noscere to become acquainted with. See Know, and cf. Narrate.]
1. To be ignorant of or not acquainted with. [Archaic] Philosophy would solidly be established, if men would more carefully distinguish those things that they know from those that they ignore. Boyle.
2. (Law)
Definition: To throw out or reject as false or ungrounded; -- said of a bill rejected by a grand jury for want of evidence. See Ignoramus.
3. Hence: To refuse to take notice of; to shut the eyes to; not to recognize; to disregard willfully and causelessly; as, to ignore certain facts; to ignore the presence of an objectionable person. Ignoring Italy under our feet, And seeing things before, behind. Mrs. Browning.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 February 2025
(noun) an advantageous purchase; “she got a bargain at the auction”; “the stock was a real buy at that price”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
