🇩🇪German Source WordCode: DE

ignoriert

Pronunciation / Transliteration: ɪɡnoˈʁiːʁt

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Ignored/ɪˈɡɔrd/
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🇩🇪 Example Sentence in German:

"Er hat die Warnungen ignoriert."

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2 senses
As verb
  1. 1

    To refuse to acknowledge or pay attention to something.

    "She ignored the warning signs and continued on her path."
  2. 2

    To deliberately pay no attention to someone or something.

    "He felt hurt when his friends ignored him at the party."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'ignored' is the past tense of 'ignore', which comes from the Latin 'ignorare', meaning 'to not know'. It evolved through Old French 'ignorer' before entering English in the late 14th century, retaining the sense of disregarding or paying no attention to something.

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