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WordBand 5.5–6.5Core (NGSL)

ignore

/ɪɡˈnɔː/

verb

to not listen to, look at, or pay attention to

  • “If the phone rings again, I plan to ignore it.”Tatoeba
  • “It's dangerous to ignore the signal at a level crossing.”Tatoeba

Sentences from Tatoeba show real usage. A word can have several meanings, so a sentence may use another one.

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Source: New General Service List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR)

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