🇮🇹Italian Source WordCode: IT

ignorare

Pronunciation / Transliteration: iɡ.ɲoˈra.re

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Disregard/ˌdɪs.rɪˈɡɑːrd/
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🇮🇹 Example Sentence in Italian:

"Ha deciso di ignorare il loro consiglio."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As verb
  1. 1

    To pay no attention to; to ignore or treat as unworthy of consideration.

    "You should disregard the rumors and focus on your actual work."
As noun
  1. 1

    The act of ignoring or treating something with a lack of attention, care, or respect.

    "His blatant disregard for the safety rules led to a serious accident."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'disregard' originates from the prefix 'dis-' meaning 'not' or 'opposite of' combined with 'regard', which comes from the Old French 'regarder', meaning 'to look at'. The term evolved in the late Middle Ages to denote a lack of attention or consideration.

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