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ignoring en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. 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:

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ignoring en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of ignore
    form of ignore