{
    "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."
}