ignore
/ɪɡˈnoː/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.48 in modern English
7
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "A problem ignored is a problem doubled."
- "Ignore these four words."
- "One particularly damaging, but often ignored, effect of conflict on education is the proliferation of attacks on schools[…]as children, teachers or school buildings become the targets of attacks. Parents fear sending their children to school. Girls are particularly vulnerable to sexual violence."
- "The late Professor Pat White was an outspoken critic. In his 1986 book Forgotten Railways, he dismissed as smoke and mirrors the oft-used argument that 33% of rail routes carried only 1% of the traffic, as it ignores the fact that a third of the national road network also only carried 2% of cars and lorries. But unlike rail, road got away with it because no mention was made of how much it cost the taxpayer to keep them usable."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
- Root: *ǵneh₃-
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ɪɡˈnoː/
- British English: /ɪɡˈnɔː/
Usage
Inflected Forms
ignores (present, singular)
ignoring (participle, present)
ignored (participle, past)
ignored (past)
no-table-tags (table tags)
glossary (inflection template)
ignored (first person, past)
ignorest (archaic, present)
ignored (past, second person)
ignoredst (archaic, past)
ignoreth (archaic, present)
ignored (past, singular)