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Collocations for ignore - verb

ADVERB

altogether, completely, entirely, totally, utterly
almost, practically, virtually
effectively, essentially, largely
basically
Shona basically ignored her.
promptly
a look of disapproval which he promptly ignored
generally
typically
The press typically ignores a problem until it causes a crisis.
just, merely, simply
The government has simply ignored the problem altogether.
consistently
routinely, systematically
Social services routinely ignore the problems facing at-risk young women.
frequently, repeatedly
apparently
easily
The diesel fumes from the buses are not easily ignored.
conveniently (ironic)
The managers have conveniently ignored these statistics.
blatantly
Safety guidelines had been blatantly ignored.
carefully, deliberately, determinedly, intentionally, pointedly, purposely, resolutely, steadfastly, studiously
She sat at her desk and studiously ignored me.
wilfully/willfully
Hill wilfully ignored the conventions of the banking world.
blithely, cheerfully, happily
He blithely ignored her protests and went on talking.
politely
The group politely ignored her remark.

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VERB + ignore

cannot, cannot afford to
a warning the president cannot afford to ignore
be difficult to, be hard to, be impossible to
be foolish to, be stupid to, be wrong to
It would be foolish to ignore them completely.
tend to
Scientists have tended to ignore these findings.
be willing to
People seem very willing to ignore the risks.
choose to, decide to, prefer to
The judge chose to ignore the views of the doctors.
He continued eating, deciding to ignore her.
He preferred to ignore these comments.
attempt to, try to
pretend to
I shrugged, pretending to ignore him.
learn to
I've learned to ignore all of my sister's hurtful comments.
manage to
Jason had managed to ignore a lot of the pressure for most of his career.
continue to

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PHRASES

be widely ignored
Safety standards are widely ignored in the industry.
ignore sth at your peril
The pernicious effect of this advertising on children is a problem that we ignore at our peril.
ignore the fact that …
Did you think I'd ignore the fact that you were suffering from shock?
sth can be safely ignored (ironic)
These people occupy such a marginal position in society that the authorities think they can be safely ignored.

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Ignore is used with these nouns as the subject:
media

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Ignore is used with these nouns as the object:
advice, aspect, call, command, comment, complaint, danger, discrepancy, effect, existence, extent, fact, feeling, greeting, guideline, implication, importance, injunction, instinct, instruction, interruption, need, obligation, order, pain, plea, plight, possibility, precedent, problem, protest, question, reality, recommendation, remark, request, rule, shortcoming, sign, suggestion, summons, symptom, tantrum, taunt, tradition, ultimatum, urge, violation, warning, wish

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