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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
ignoring en · NOUN
Meanings
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The act by which something is ignored.
We ignore various far-fetched possibilities, as hard-headed detectives should. But S does not ignore them. S is by profession a sceptical epistemologist. He never ignores much of anything. If it is our own ignorings that matter, then we are wrong, because S never knew much of anything.
1999, David Lewis, Papers in Metaphysics and Epistemology, volume 2, page 437:Employ two revokes, two trumpings of your partner's best card and two ignorings of a call — all in the same hand!
1923, William Henry Koebel, All Aboard: A Frivolous Book, page 102:
Forms
ignoring en · VERB
Meanings
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(form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of ignore