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{
"term": "ignore",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"academic": true,
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "b1",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "ignore",
"heSheIt": "ignores"
},
"pastSimple": "ignored",
"pastParticiple": "ignored",
"ingForm": "ignoring"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "to pay no attention to something",
"sensetop": "ignore something",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "He ignored the 30 mph speed limit sign and accelerated down the road."
},
{
"text": "I made a suggestion but they **chose to ignore** it."
},
{
"text": "We cannot afford to **ignore their advice**."
},
{
"text": "to ignore a warning/a problem/an issue"
},
{
"text": "She deliberately ignored my question and changed the subject."
},
{
"text": "We can't **ignore the fact that** there is a huge problem here."
},
{
"text": "His work was **largely ignored** and forgotten for 30 years."
},
{
"text": "Much of social science research **simply ignores** these sectors."
},
{
"text": "The government has **completely ignored** the wishes of the public."
},
{
"text": "He blithely ignored her protests and went on talking."
},
{
"text": "Her mother's opinions on how babies should be cared for were freely given and duly ignored."
},
{
"text": "Hill wilfully ignored the conventions of the banking world."
},
{
"text": "I've learned to ignore all of my sister's hurtful comments."
},
{
"text": "People seem very willing to ignore the risks."
},
{
"text": "Safety guidelines had been blatantly ignored."
},
{
"text": "Scientists have tended to ignore these creatures."
},
{
"text": "Social services routinely ignore the problems facing at-risk young women."
},
{
"text": "The diesel fumes from Oxford's buses are not easily ignored."
},
{
"text": "The managers have conveniently ignored these statistics."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["altogether", "completely", "entirely"],
"verb + ignore": ["cannot", "cannot afford to", "be difficult to"],
"phrases": [
"be widely ignored",
"ignore something at your peril",
"ignore the fact that…"
]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "to pretend that you have not seen somebody or that somebody is not there",
"sensetop": "ignore somebody",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "She ignored him and carried on with her work."
},
{
"text": "If he tries to start an argument, just ignore him."
},
{
"text": "He continued eating, deciding to ignore her."
},
{
"text": "I shrugged, pretending to ignore him."
},
{
"text": "She sat at her desk and studiously ignored me."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["altogether", "completely", "entirely"],
"verb + ignore": ["cannot", "cannot afford to", "be difficult to"],
"phrases": [
"be widely ignored",
"ignore something at your peril",
"ignore the fact that…"
]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ɪɡˈnɔː(r)/",
"audio": "ig/ignore/ignore__gb_2.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ɪɡˈnɔːz/",
"audio": "ig/ignore/ignores__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ɪɡˈnɔːd/",
"audio": "ig/ignore/ignored__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ɪɡˈnɔːrɪŋ/",
"audio": "ig/ignore/ignoring__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ɪɡˈnɔːr/",
"audio": "ig/ignore/ignore__us_2.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ɪɡˈnɔːrz/",
"audio": "ig/ignore/ignores__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ɪɡˈnɔːrd/",
"audio": "ig/ignore/ignored__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ɪɡˈnɔːrɪŋ/",
"audio": "ig/ignore/ignoring__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late 15th cent. (in the sense ‘be ignorant of’): from French ignorer or Latin ignorare ‘not know, ignore’, from in- ‘not’ + gno-, a base meaning ‘know’. Current senses date from the early 19th cent."
}