different between ignoring vs ignore

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?????

Verb

ignoring

1. present participle of ignore

Noun

ignoring (plural ignorings)

1. The act by which something is ignored.
   • 1923, William Henry Koebel, All Aboard: A Frivolous Book (page 102)

     Employ two revokes, two trumpings of your partner's best card and two ignorings of a call — all in the same hand!

   • 1999, David Lewis, Papers in Metaphysics and Epistemology (volume 2, page 437)

     We ignore various far-fetched possibilities, as hard-headed detectives should. But S does not ignore them. S is by profession a sceptical epistemologist. He never ignores much of anything. If it is our own ignorings that matter, then we are wrong, because S never knew much of anything.

Anagrams

• groining

English

Etymology

From French ignorer, from Latin ign?r? (“to have no knowledge of, mistake, take no notice of, ignore”), from ign?rus (“not knowing”), from in + gn?rus (“knowing”), from gn?sc?, n?sc?; see know.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ?gnô?, IPA^(key): /???n??/
• (US) enPR: ?gnôr?, IPA^(key): /???n??/
• (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) enPR: ?gn?r?, IPA^(key): /???no(?)?/
• (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA^(key): /???no?/
• Rhymes: -??(?)
• Hyphenation: ig?nore

Verb

ignore (third-person singular simple present ignores, present participle ignoring, simple past and past participle ignored) (transitive)

1. To deliberately not listen or pay attention to.

   Synonyms: misheed, neglect, unmind, unheed; see also Thesaurus:ignore

   Antonyms: notice, recognize, watch; see also Thesaurus:pay attention

2. To pretend to not notice someone or something.

   Synonyms: connive, dissimulate, overlook, turn a blind eye to, wink at

   Antonyms: notice, observe

3. (obsolete) Fail to notice.

   Synonyms: misheed, overlook; see also Thesaurus:fail to notice

4. (obsolete) Not to know.

   Synonym: be ignorant of

   Antonym: know

Derived terms

• ignorable

Related terms

• ignorance
• ignorant

Translations

Further reading

• ignore in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• ignore in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• Regino, eringo, ingoer, region

French

Verb

ignore

1. first-person singular present indicative of ignorer
2. third-person singular present indicative of ignorer
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of ignorer
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of ignorer
5. second-person singular imperative of ignorer

Anagrams

• région

Portuguese

Verb

ignore

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of ignorar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of ignorar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of ignorar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of ignorar

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [i??nore]

Verb

ignore

1. third-person singular present subjunctive of ignora
2. third-person plural present subjunctive of ignora

Spanish

Verb

ignore

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of ignorar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of ignorar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of ignorar.