- ignore
- verbADVERB▪ altogether, completely, entirely, totally, utterly▪ almost, practically, virtually▪ effectively, essentially, largely▪ basically▪
Shona basically ignored her.
▪ promptly▪a look of disapproval which he promptly ignored
▪ generally▪ typically▪The press typically ignores a problem until it causes a crisis.
▪ just, merely, simply▪The government has simply ignored the problem altogether.
▪ consistently▪ routinely, systematically▪Social services routinely ignore the problems facing at-risk young women.
▪ frequently, repeatedly▪ apparently▪ easily▪The diesel fumes from the buses are not easily ignored.
▪ conveniently (ironic)▪The managers have conveniently ignored these statistics.
▪ blatantly▪Safety guidelines had been blatantly ignored.
▪ carefully, deliberately, determinedly, intentionally, pointedly, purposely, resolutely, steadfastly, studiously▪She sat at her desk and studiously ignored me.
▪ wilfully/willfully▪Hill wilfully ignored the conventions of the banking world.
▪ blithely, cheerfully, happily▪He blithely ignored her protests and went on talking.
▪ politely▪The group politely ignored her remark.
VERB + IGNORE▪ cannot, cannot afford to▪a warning the president cannot afford to ignore
▪ be difficult to, be hard to, be impossible to▪ be foolish to, be stupid to, be wrong to▪It would be foolish to ignore them completely.
▪ tend to▪Scientists have tended to ignore these findings.
▪ be willing to▪People seem very willing to ignore the risks.
▪ choose to, decide to, prefer to▪The judge chose to ignore the views of the doctors.
▪He continued eating, deciding to ignore her.
▪He preferred to ignore these comments.
▪ attempt to, try to▪ pretend to▪I shrugged, pretending to ignore him.
▪ learn to▪I've learned to ignore all of my sister's hurtful comments.
▪ manage to▪Jason had managed to ignore a lot of the pressure for most of his career.
▪ continue toPHRASES▪ be widely ignored▪Safety standards are widely ignored in the industry.
▪ ignore sth at your peril▪The pernicious effect of this advertising on children is a problem that we ignore at our peril.
▪ ignore the fact that …▪Did you think I'd ignore the fact that you were suffering from shock?
▪ sth can be safely ignored (ironic)▪These people occupy such a marginal position in society that the authorities think they can be safely ignored.
Ignore is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑mediaIgnore is used with these nouns as the object: ↑advice, ↑aspect, ↑call, ↑command, ↑comment, ↑complaint, ↑danger, ↑discrepancy, ↑effect, ↑existence, ↑extent, ↑fact, ↑feeling, ↑greeting, ↑guideline, ↑implication, ↑importance, ↑injunction, ↑instinct, ↑instruction, ↑interruption, ↑need, ↑obligation, ↑order, ↑pain, ↑plea, ↑plight, ↑possibility, ↑precedent, ↑problem, ↑protest, ↑question, ↑reality, ↑recommendation, ↑remark, ↑request, ↑rule, ↑shortcoming, ↑sign, ↑suggestion, ↑summons, ↑symptom, ↑tantrum, ↑taunt, ↑tradition, ↑ultimatum, ↑urge, ↑violation, ↑warning, ↑wish
Collocations dictionary. 2013.