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mention Definition

men·tion (mens̸hən, -c̸hən)

noun

  1. a brief, often incidental, reference or statement
  2. a citing for honor

Etymology: ME mencion < OFr mention < L mentio < mens (gen. mentis), mind

transitive verb

  1. to refer to or speak about briefly or incidentally; specify, as by name
  2. to cite for honor

mention Related Forms
men·tion·able adjective
mention Idioms

make mention of

to mention

not to mention

with it being hardly necessary even to mention

mention Synonyms

mention

n.

notice, naming, specifying; see allusion, remark.

make mention of

notice, consider, cite; see mention (v.)

mention Synonyms

mention

v.

notice, specify, cite, adduce, introduce, state, declare, quote, refer to, discuss, touch on, instance, acquaint with, infer, intimate, notify, communicate, suggest, make known, point out, point to, point at, speak of, throw out*; see also consider 2, designate 1, name 2.

Antonyms overlook*, take no notice of, disregard.

not to mention

in addition, too, besides; see also.

mention Usage Examples

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.
mention Quotes

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.

—Johnson, Samuel known as Dr Johnson

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