mention
[men-shuh n]
- to refer briefly to; name, specify, or speak of: Don't forget to mention her contribution to the project.
- to cite formally for a meritorious act or achievement: He was mentioned in dispatches from the war zone.
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- a direct or incidental reference; a mentioning: to make mention of a place.
- formal recognition for a meritorious act or achievement: Her entry in the science competition received a special mention.
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- not to mention, in addition to; without mentioning: We were served a sumptuous entree, not to mention the other courses.
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Origin of mention
Synonyms
See more synonyms for mention on Thesaurus.com1. indicate, allude to. 3. allusion, notice.
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Examples from the Web for mention
Contemporary Examples
Geisbert was also quick to mention how the methodology of the study could be affecting the current results.
They mention that a former cia agent and someone who used to work for Hilary [sic] Clinton looked at the script.
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Not to mention the core Christian idea that sexuality is, itself, a necessary evil, and something that must be repressed.
Not to mention the revenue that will be generated by this, which then can be used to fund education and health care.
He did not mention rectal feeding, but perhaps he was not fully briefed.
Historical Examples
I do so; and cannot own any of the glow, any of the throbs you mention.
Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9)Samuel Richardson
I mention these facts only because they help me to make myself clearer.
The Conquest of FearBasil King
"Mind we don't forget to mention it as we go back," he said to Mark.
Weighed and WantingGeorge MacDonald
How preposterous in him to mention his dead sister's name to her!
Ester Ried Yet SpeakingIsabella Alden
Mention some of the materials that may be put into the stock pot.
Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 3Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
mention
- to refer to or speak about briefly or incidentally
- to acknowledge or honour
- not to mention something to say nothing of something too obvious to mention
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- a recognition or acknowledgment
- a slight reference or allusionhe only got a mention in the article; the author makes no mention of that
- the act of mentioning
- philosophy logic linguistics the occurrence (of an expression) in such a context that it is itself referred to rather than performing its own linguistic function. In " Fido " names Fido, the word Fido is first mentioned and then used to refer to the dogCompare use (def. 18) See also formal mode
- mainly Australian and NZ a preliminary hearing in a court of law
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Word Origin
C14: via Old French from Latin mentiō a calling to mind, naming, from mēns mind
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Word Origin and History for mention
n.
c.1300, "a note, reference," from Old French mencion "mention, memory, speech," from Latin mentionem (nominative mentio) "a calling to mind, a speaking of, a making mention," from root of Old Latin minisci "to think," related to mens (genitive mentis) "mind," from PIE root *men- "think" (see mind (n.)).
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v.
1520s, from mention (n.) or else from Middle French mentionner, from Old French mencion. Related: Mentioned; mentioning; mentionable. Don't mention it as a conventional reply to expressions of gratitude or apology is attested from 1840.
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Idioms and Phrases with mention
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