Disregard meaning in English
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Definition
to disregard: to ignore, to neglect
I shouldn't have disregarded the fine print at the end of the contract. I should have read it instead of ignoring it.
Exercise 1
There are some useful verbs in the text! Do you know what they mean?
"Jean and I have managed to recover all of our data". --> We managed to the data.
"You might also have come across an email with the subject...". --> You may have this email.
"You can go ahead and ignore that email." --> You can and the email.
"Jean and I have managed to recover all of our data". --> We managed to the data.
"You might also have come across an email with the subject...". --> You may have this email.
"You can go ahead and ignore that email." --> You can and the email.
There are some useful verbs in the text! Do you know what they mean?
"Jean and I have managed to recover all of our data". --> We managed to preserve 1 the data.
"You might also have come across an email with the subject...". --> You may have found 2 this email.
"You can go ahead and ignore that email." --> You can proceed 3 and disregard 4 the email.
"Jean and I have managed to recover all of our data". --> We managed to preserve 1 the data.
"You might also have come across an email with the subject...". --> You may have found 2 this email.
"You can go ahead and ignore that email." --> You can proceed 3 and disregard 4 the email.
1 preserve: This is the right answer. "To preseve" and "to recover" are synonymous in this context: Both terms indicate that data was "found" and "not lost". Note that in a different context, a person can also "recover" from an illness.
1 forward: This is not the right answer. "To forward (an email, a video)" means to send it on to a new person. Example: "Can you forward me the whole conversation? I want to see all the emails both of you wrote". This does not mean the same thing as "to recover".
1 send: This is not the right answer. "To send (data, an email)" is to
2 found: This is the best choice here. "To come across (a dead body)" is to find it by chance. Bob's sentence "you might have... come across an email" means "you might have found, seen or read an email".
2 deleted: This is not the correct choice. "To delete" means "to erase", or to destroy. This is not synonymous with "to come across".
2 sent: A synonym for "to send" is "to transmit" or "to post", but not "to come across".
2 missed: This is incorrect. "To miss (an important clue)" is to ignore it or be unaware of it. The term Bob uses, "to come across", actually has a nearly opposite meaning.
3 proceed: This is correct. "To go ahead" is a phrasal verbs meaning "to proceed", "to act", or "to continue". Here are some more examples: "I went ahead and ordered you a drink: I hope you don't mind!", or "Horatio decided to go ahead with the project despite Bruno's request that he stop". "Proceed" and "go ahead" are synonymous in most contexts.
3 copy it: This is not the right choice. "To copy" means "to duplicate". It is not a synonym of "to go ahead".
3 consider it: This is not the right choice. "To consider (an offer)" is "to reflect on" or "to think about" it. It is not a synonym of "to go ahead".
4 disregard: This is the correct choice. "To disregard" means the same thing as "to ignore". If we "disregard" or "ignore" something, we do not pay attention to it. For example: "I had lots of good ideas in the meeting, but my boss ignored them all. He doesn't value my opinion".
4 forward: This is not the right answer. "To forward (an email, a video)" means to send it on to a new person. Example: "Can you forward me the whole conversation? I want to see all the emails both of you wrote". This does not mean the same thing as "to ignore".
4 paste: This is incorrect. "To paste" means "to stick". This term is often used in an IT context. For example, we talk about "copying and pasting text from one page to another". This is not synonymous with "to ignore".
Exercise 2
I promise we will look into this situation.
Another way to express this is: I promise we will this situation.
Another way to express this is: I promise we will this situation.
I promise we will look into this situation.
Another way to express this is: I promise we will investigate this situation.
Another way to express this is: I promise we will investigate this situation.
investigate: To "look into a situation" means to "examine" or "find out" more about it. Example: We looked into cheaper security systems, but we finally decided to buy the SSS3000, which was more expensive. In this context, to "look into a situation" shares a similar meaning with to "investigate a situation".
answer: To "answer (to) a person" means to "reply" or "respond" to them. Example: I answered all the detective's questions honestly. When Bruno says that he will "look into" the situation, he doesn't mean that he will "answer" it, but rather that he will research or investigate it.
disregard: To "disregard" a situation means to "ignore" it. Example: The man disregarded the traffic light, and now he has no car and no teeth. To "disregard" something does not share a similar meaning with to "look into" something.
observe: To "observe" a situation means to "watch it attentively". Example: I observed the spider crawling up my wife's arm. "To observe" is a passive act, and does not share a similar meaning with the phrasal verb "to look into" which expresses an active sense of "research" or "investigation".
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