mention
men·tion (men′s̸hən, -c̸hən)
noun
- a brief, often incidental, reference or statement
- a citing for honor
Etymology: ME mencion < OFr mention < L mentio < mens (gen. mentis), mind
transitive verb
- to refer to or speak about briefly or incidentally; specify, as by name
- to cite for honor
make mention of
to mention
not to mention
with it being hardly necessary even to mention
mention
v.
Antonyms
not to mention
Object
- fact: We won't mention the fact that I was 1 1/2 hours late for my last outing ( stop laughing Andy ).
- possibility: Even the 2005 manifesto mentions the possibility of a referendum.
- name: Most are after my time, although I have e-mailed Doug Brew as he mentioned names that are very familiar to me.
- anything: She never mentioned anything to me about Fargo or any other kind of movie.
Converse of object
- deserve: The following components deserve special mention; The generous, sporty looking instruments provide all the information you could possibly need.
- warrant: Over the next few years numerous mediocre routes were climbed which do not warrant special mention.
Preposition: at
- beginning: A general algorithm for solving hierarchical clustering is mentioned at the beginning.
Adjective modifier
- honorable: But before we get to tonight's headliners Five O'Clock Heroes deserve an honorable mention.
- Honorable: Honorable mention: Lino Di Lorenzo, whose shot stopping in open play prevented Horncastle scoring 20.
- special: A special mention really must be made for the men of the group.
- brief: Brief mention is also made of a few interesting places " Not to be missed " .
Adjective complement
- above: Most of the skills and techniques used accord with those mentioned above.
Used with why or when
- who: Write the quotations on a flip chart without mentioning who said them.
Preposition: in
- paragraph: Note: I'm not certain the two sites mentioned in this paragraph now exist.
- dispatch: The War He was a Lieutenant Colonel in World War Two, serving in Burma, he was mentioned in despatches.
- charter: There must have been some reconstruction as it is again mentioned in charters of the 14th and 15th centuries.
- brochure: We can organize these in Japan combined with any other country mentioned in this brochure.
- article: Unlike the merchants mentioned in the article, I've never received a notice from PayPal.
- section: Some or all of the tools mentioned in the keywords tools section could be utilized to measure the popularity of these keywords.
Preposition: by
- respondent: F1 Limited mention by one respondent of online formative assessment.
Depend upon it, said he, that if a man talks of his misfortunes there is something in them that is not disagreeable to him; for where there is nothing but pure misery, there never is any recourse to the mention of it.
Browse dictionary entries near mention
- mentholated
- menthol
- menthene
- mentation
- mentally
- mentality
- mentalist
- mentalism
- mental retardation
- mental reservation
