to discount
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4.2
- verb
- /ˈdɪsˌkaʊnt/
- Despite the problems, not everyone is willing to discount the value of using arbitration in the employment context.
- discount the possibility
- discount the importance
- discount the significance
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Watch on YouTubeAnd at that stage, you can discount all of that feedback.
- And at that stage, you can discount all of that feedback.
- There's people worse off than me, but I'm not discounting what my issues are.
- So think about what those are and don't discount how simple they might seem.
- I think, I think there's so much you have to do to discount the Christian faith.
- So don't ever discount somebody in your life who's telling you.
- And so people tend to discount the things we all just take for granted.
- That's why despite the incredibly strong incentives I laid out, people don't because they discount the future, OK?
- And what I mean by that is I've come across a lot of women who discount men, write them off.
- And he just, he, he he ignored it or he discounted it.
- Or worse, like we can't discount DNA in entrepreneur land because it's not convenient.
Examples
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So part of our research is anti research to discount what everyone else has talked about.
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But I'd like to explain a couple of things about what we're trying to do in this campaign before you discount it altogether.
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So what else do you need to discount in the R to account for the risk?
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Are you just gonna discount that?
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And at that stage, you can discount all of that feedback.
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Most folks had finally started to discount the possibility that we would ever find anyone else.
Fiction book (1998) -
And so people tend to discount the things we all just take for granted.
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But we can't discount the fact that people want food there.
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One important factor that should not be discounted is the role of gut feeling or intuition.
Academic text (2012) -
It's unfair to discount her contributions just because of her age.
Synonyms
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1.0
Choose not to pay attention to someone or something
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3.0
To refuse to accept an idea or claim
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3.9
Ignore something or someone on purpose
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4.6
To say someone or something is not worth taking seriously without careful thought
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3.9
To ignore what someone says or feels as unimportant
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4.5
Ignore a person or thing because you think they are not important
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9.5
To treat an idea or opinion as unimportant and not worth taking seriously
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4.1
Refuse to think about something, for example worries or objections
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5.9
Treat something as unimportant and ignore it
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7.2
To think someone or something has little value
Antonyms
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
- Specialized
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3.1
A reduction in the price shown given to a shop for buying large amounts of goods
How Dismissive
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Discount meaning 'ignore' grew from the idea of 'counting less': if you 'discount' an opinion you treat it as less important. So to discount someone's view is to reduce its value or not give it much weight.