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ignoring
Ignoring (noun) means the act of deliberately paying no attention to someone or something. Example: “Her ignoring of my messages made me think she was upset with me.”
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The act of deliberately paying no attention to someone or something.
"Her ignoring of my messages made me think she was upset with me."
"The constant ignoring of complaints made the staff feel nobody was listening."
"His ignoring of the safety rules eventually caused an accident."
How to use ignoring
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishThe -ing form of "ignore," describing the ongoing act of not paying attention on purpose.
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What does “ignoring” mean?
The word “ignoring” means the act of deliberately paying no attention to someone or something. In plain terms, the -ing form of "ignore," describing the ongoing act of not paying attention on purpose.
How do you use “ignoring” in a sentence?
Here is “ignoring” used in a sentence: “His ignoring of the safety rules eventually caused an accident.”
What part of speech is “ignoring”?
“Ignoring” is a noun.
Is “ignoring” a common word?
“Ignoring” is a fairly common word in modern English.
What is the difference between ignoring and avoiding?
Ignoring means deliberately paying no attention to someone or something that is present, such as not answering a person in the room. Avoiding means keeping away from someone or something altogether so the encounter never happens.
What is the difference between ignoring and neglecting?
Ignoring is a deliberate choice to pay no attention, while neglecting is failing to give needed care or attention, often through carelessness rather than intent. A parent might deliberately ignore a tantrum, but neglecting a child is a failure of duty.
Is it spelled ignoring or ignoreing?
The correct spelling is ignoring; the silent e of ignore is dropped before the -ing ending, following the regular English spelling rule. Ignoreing is always incorrect.
Is it correct to begin a sentence with ignoring?
Yes; ignoring often opens a participial phrase, as in "Ignoring the rain, they carried on." Just make sure the subject after the comma is the person doing the ignoring, or the phrase becomes a dangling modifier.
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