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negeren — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • dismiss verb To fire someone from a job, or to formally end someone's employment.
  • disregard verb To deliberately ignore or pay no attention to something.
  • fail verb To be unsuccessful in achieving something.
  • ignore verb To deliberately pay no attention to someone or something.
  • neglect verb To fail to give proper care or attention to someone or something.
  • unheed verb To deliberately fail to heed or take notice of; disregard; ignore.

Senses

negeren is used for these senses in English:

  • dismiss (transitive) To invalidate; to treat as unworthy of serious consideration.
  • disregard (transitive) To ignore; to pay no attention to.
  • fail (transitive) To be wanting to, to be insufficient for, to disappoint, to desert; to disappoint one's expectations.
  • ignore To deliberately not listen or pay attention to.
  • neglect (transitive) To omit to notice; to forbear to treat with attention or respect; to slight.
  • unheed (transitive) To deliberately fail to heed or take notice of; disregard; ignore.

dismiss — full definition

  1. verb To fire someone from a job, or to formally end someone's employment.
  2. verb To refuse to take something seriously or to consider it worth thinking about.
  3. verb To tell someone they are free to leave.

disregard — full definition

  1. verb To deliberately ignore or pay no attention to something.
  2. noun A lack of attention or concern for something.

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