ignore – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of ignore

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to ignore
Participle: ignored
Gerund: ignoring

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

Iignore
youignore
he;she;itignores
weignore
youignore
theyignore

Perfect

Ihave ignored
youhave ignored
he;she;ithas ignored
wehave ignored
youhave ignored
theyhave ignored

Past

Iignored
youignored
he;she;itignored
weignored
youignored
theyignored

Pluperfect

Ihad ignored
youhad ignored
he;she;ithad ignored
wehad ignored
youhad ignored
theyhad ignored

Future

Iwill ignore
youwill ignore
he;she;itwill ignore
wewill ignore
youwill ignore
theywill ignore

Future Perfect

Iwill have ignored
youwill have ignored
he;she;itwill have ignored
wewill have ignored
youwill have ignored
theywill have ignored

Subjunctive

Present

Iignore
youignore
he;she;itignore
weignore
youignore
theyignore

Perfect

Ihave ignored
youhave ignored
he;she;ithave ignored
wehave ignored
youhave ignored
theyhave ignored

Imperfect

Iignored
youignored
he;she;itignored
weignored
youignored
theyignored

Pluperfect

Ihad ignored
youhad ignored
he;she;ithad ignored
wehad ignored
youhad ignored
theyhad ignored

Conditional

Present

Iwould ignore
youwould ignore
he;she;itwould ignore
wewould ignore
youwould ignore
theywould ignore

Perfect

Iwould have ignored
youwould have ignored
he;she;itwould have ignored
wewould have ignored
youwould have ignored
theywould have ignored

Imperative

youignore
weLet's ignore
youignore

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam ignoring
youare ignoring
he;she;itis ignoring
weare ignoring
youare ignoring
theyare ignoring

Perfect

Ihave been ignoring
youhave been ignoring
he;she;ithas been ignoring
wehave been ignoring
youhave been ignoring
theyhave been ignoring

Past

Iwas ignoring
youwere ignoring
he;she;itwas ignoring
wewere ignoring
youwere ignoring
theywere ignoring

Pluperfect

Ihad been ignoring
youhad been ignoring
he;she;ithad been ignoring
wehad been ignoring
youhad been ignoring
theyhad been ignoring

Future

Iwill be ignoring
youwill be ignoring
he;she;itwill be ignoring
wewill be ignoring
youwill be ignoring
theywill be ignoring

Future Perfect

Iwill have been ignoring
youwill have been ignoring
he;she;itwill have been ignoring
wewill have been ignoring
youwill have been ignoring
theywill have been ignoring

Conditional

Present

Iwould be ignoring
youwould be ignoring
he;she;itwould be ignoring
wewould be ignoring
youwould be ignoring
theywould be ignoring

Perfect

Iwould have been ignoring
youwould have been ignoring
he;she;itwould have been ignoring
wewould have been ignoring
youwould have been ignoring
theywould have been ignoring

Other

Verbs similar to 'ignore'

glore, gore, ignite, ignoble, ignorize, inorb, inure, snore, unignore, adore,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

to omit to notice
neglect
to pretend not to notice
dissemble
ostracize
blackball, boycott
to disregard
overpass, fail to notice, unmind
to reject instruction or command
balk, decline, disobey, disregard, refuse, unmind
to deliberately not pay attention to
disregard, dissemble, misheed, misregard, neglect, pass, pass by, put aside, shrug off, take no notice of, tune out, unheed, unmind
overlook
disregard, discount, neglect, omit, slight, scorn

Antonyms

refuse to pay attention
listen
To observe or inspect carefully
examine
to deliberately not pay attention to
examine, pay attention, recognize, watch
overlook
note, scrutinize, investigate, see

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

1. 1611, "not to know, to be ignorant of," from Fr. ignorer, from L. ignorare "not to know, disregard," from ignarus "not knowing, unaware," from in- "not" + Old L. gnarus "aware, acquainted with," related to gnoscere "to know" (see know). Form influenced by ignotus "unknown." Sense of "pay no attention to" first recorded 1801 and not common until c.1850.
2. Etymology tree
3. Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃-der.
4. Latin īgnōrōlbor.
5. French ignorer
6. English ignore
7. From French ignorer, from Latin ignōrō (“to have no knowledge of, mistake, take no notice of, ignore”), from ignārus (“not knowing”), from in- (“not”) + gnārus (“knowing”), from gnōscō, nōscō; see know.

Verbs referencing "ignore"

Esperanto ignori, Finnish with old forms ignoorata.

Sample Sentences

  • A problem ignored is a problem doubled.
  • Ignore these four words. [2004, George Carlin, When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops?, New York: Hyperion Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 109:]
  • One particularly damaging, but often ignored, effect of conflict on education is the proliferation of attacks on schools[…]as children, teachers or school buildings become the targets of attacks. Parents fear sending their children to school. Girls are particularly vulnerable to sexual violence. [2013 July 19, Mark Tran, “Denied an education by war”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 6, page 1:]
  • The late Professor Pat White was an outspoken critic. In his 1986 book Forgotten Railways, he dismissed as smoke and mirrors the oft-used argument that 33% of rail routes carried only 1% of the traffic, as it ignores the fact that a third of the national road network also only carried 2% of cars and lorries. But unlike rail, road got away with it because no mention was made of how much it cost the taxpayer to keep them usable. [2023 March 8, Howard Johnston, “Was Marples the real railway wrecker?”, in RAIL, number 978, page 53:]