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# disregard

«disregard» in Mova's school dictionary: **to pay no attention to it or to ignore it on purpose** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (disregard, disregards, disregarded, disregarding); noun (disregard — uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (verb) To disregard something is to pay no attention to it or to ignore it on purpose. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disregard/#m1)

2) (noun) Disregard is a lack of care or attention, especially for rules, safety or other people's feelings. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disregard/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In maths and exam instructions: «disregard the units» or «disregard any remainder» tells you to leave something out. In safety and the news: «a disregard for safety» shows someone was careless. Phrases: disregard the rules, complete disregard for, please disregard.

### examples

- Please disregard my last email; it had a mistake. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disregard/#x1)
- He drove with total disregard for the speed limit. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disregard/#x2)
- Disregard the remainder and write only the whole number. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disregard/#x3)
- She disregarded the warning sign and swam in the deep water. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disregard/#x4)
- The players showed a disregard for the referee. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disregard/#x5)
- You can disregard question 5; it is not in the test. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disregard/#x6)
- Never disregard a fire alarm. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disregard/#x7)
- This time, however, AEolus did not welcome them as before, but dismissed them with bitter reproaches and upbraidings for their disregard of his injunctions. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disregard/#x8)

### note

Formal; in speech say «ignore». Regular verb: disregarded. Uncountable as a noun: disregard for (not «a disregard of» usually). In maths: «disregard the remainder» in 17 ÷ 5 gives 3 (the remainder 2 is left out).

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «disregard» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disregard/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.