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Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary
neglect
1. lack of attention and due care (Freq. 2) • Syn: disregard • Derivationally related forms: disregard (for: disregard) • Hypernyms: inattention • Hyponyms: omission 2. willful lack of care and attention (Freq. 1) • Syn: disregard • Derivationally related forms: disregard (for: disregard) • Hypernyms: mistreatment • Hyponyms: despite 3. the state of something that has been unused and neglected (Freq. 1) - the house was in a terrible state of neglect • Syn: disuse • Hypernyms: decline, declination • Hyponyms: omission 4. the trait of neglecting responsibilities and lacking concern • Syn: negligence, neglectfulness • Derivationally related forms: neglectful (for: neglectfulness), negligent (for: negligence) • Hypernyms: carelessness, sloppiness • Hyponyms: delinquency, dereliction, willful neglect, laxness, laxity, remissness, slackness 5. failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances • Syn: negligence, carelessness, nonperformance • Derivationally related forms: careless (for: carelessness) • Hypernyms: nonaccomplishment, nonachievement • Hyponyms: dereliction, comparative negligence, concurrent negligence, contributory negligence, criminal negligence, culpable negligence, neglect of duty, evasion, escape, dodging
1. leave undone or leave out (Freq. 6) - How could I miss that typo? - The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten • Syn: pretermit, omit, drop, miss, leave out, overlook, overleap • Ant: attend to • Derivationally related forms: omissible (for: omit), omissive (for: omit), omission (for: omit), pretermission (for: pretermit), neglecter • Hyponyms: forget, jump, pass over, skip, skip over • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s something - Somebody ----s somebody - Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE 2. fail to do something; leave something undone (Freq. 4) - She failed to notice that her child was no longer in his crib - The secretary failed to call the customer and the company lost the account • Syn: fail • Derivationally related forms: failure (for: fail) • Hyponyms: lose track, strike out, default, default on, choke, muff, miss • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE 3. fail to attend to (Freq. 4) - he neglects his children • Derivationally related forms: negligent, neglecter • Hyponyms: slack • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s something - Somebody ----s somebody - Sam cannot neglect Sue 4. give little or no attention to (Freq. 3) - Disregard the errors • Syn: ignore, disregard • Derivationally related forms: disregard (for: disregard), negligent, neglecter • Hyponyms: pretermit • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s something - Somebody ----s somebody
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