ignore
part of speech
verb (ignore, ignores, ignored, ignoring)
meaning for a pupil
1) To pay no attention to someone or something on purpose. tree →
2) To not do anything about something you should notice: ignore a warning. tree →
sense in the lessons
In feelings and bullying lessons: sometimes it helps to ignore unkind teasing and walk away; but don't ignore bullying — tell an adult; leaving someone out on purpose («ignoring them») is also unkind. In safety: never ignore a warning sign, an alarm or pain. In online safety: ignore and block messages from strangers. Phrases: ignore someone, ignore the rules, ignore a warning, can't ignore, completely ignore.
examples
- She ignored me when I said hello. tree →
- Try to ignore people who are mean, and tell an adult. tree →
- Never ignore a fire alarm. tree →
- He ignored the warning sign and got stung. tree →
- Ignore messages from people you don't know. tree →
- Don't ignore pain — tell someone. tree →
- The dog ignored the ball and went to sleep. tree →
- It's unkind to ignore a new classmate. tree →
- They affected to ignore her as of an inferior social status to themselves, and she despised their light talk. tree →
note
Regular verb: ignored. «Ignore» is not the same as «not know»: «ignorant» means not knowing. Ignoring a warning can be dangerous; ignoring an insult can be wise. In maths word problems: «ignore the extra information» means some numbers are not needed.
In the corpora
- One worker alone has little power, but many together are much harder to ignore.
- Getting used to an invention does not mean ignoring its real risks.
- Many very common verbs ignore -ed altogether: swim, swam; run, ran; go, went; catch, caught.
- "Was it a car or a cat I saw?" is a palindrome sentence once spaces, capitals and punctuation are ignored.
- To understand polite rudeness, ignore the kind words and listen for what comes after them and how it is said.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «ignore» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.