Ignore and Occur to

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Ignore verb - To fail to give proper attention to.

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Occur to is an antonym for ignore.

Nearby Words: ignorance, ignoring

Occur to verb - To enter the mind of.

Usage example: it didn't occur to me to ask until much later

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Ignore is an antonym for occur to.

Of course, he tends to ignore the fact that many of the bad things that occur to him are the direct result of his own decisions, and a lot of things he complains about affect more people that just him.

Source: Cosmic Plaything

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