Definition of Ignore

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Ignore

To be ignorant of or not acquainted with.

To throw out or reject as false or ungrounded; -- said of a bill rejected by a grand jury for want of evidence. See Ignoramus.

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.

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Ignore Quotations

First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.
Mohandas Gandhi

If children have the ability to ignore all odds and percentages, then maybe we can all learn from them. When you think about it, what other choice is there but to hope? We have two options, medically and emotionally: give up, or Fight Like Hell.
Lance Armstrong

America must not ignore the threat gathering against us. Facing clear evidence of peril, we cannot wait for the final proof, the smoking gun that could come in the form of a mushroom cloud.
George W. Bush

Men of ill judgment ignore the good that lies within their hands, till they have lost it.
Sophocles

A book is a version of the world. If you do not like it, ignore it; or offer your own version in return.
Salman Rushdie

Ignore Translations

ignore in Afrikaans is ignoreer
ignore in Dutch is negeren, onder tafel schuiven
ignore in German is ignorieren, hinwegsetzen, ignorieren
ignore in Italian is ignorare
ignore in Norwegian is ignorere, overse


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