Appreciate
Appreciate verb - To become greater in extent, volume, amount, or number.
Ignore
Ignore verb - To fail to give proper attention to.
Usage example: ignoring your health now will haunt you further down the road
Appreciate is an antonym for ignore.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Some of the later books get a bit preachy, but if you don't know what to look for it's much easier to ignore and appreciate the tale for its own sake.
- While you appreciate the thought, you kind of wish they had the stones to ignore the bitchier parts of their fanbase.
Source: Pandering to the Base -
When this doesn't seem to be working out, he starts an art class for children to get them to appreciate the art when they grow older, but they all ignore him and simply come for the free food.
Source: Dead Artists Are Better
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