mention

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/ˈmɛnʃən/

verb 2noun 1

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(noun.)

ADJ

brief, passing | special

earliest, first

The first mention of this recipe appeared in my grandmother's old cookbook from the 1950s.

VERB + MENTION

deserve

Her excellent performance in the competition certainly deserved a mention in the school newsletter.

get, receive

The local hero received a mention on the evening news broadcast last night.

make

I should make mention of the excellent work Sarah did on this project.

hear

We heard mention of the new project during the staff meeting last week.

PREP

at the ~ of

Her face went pale at the mention of the accident that happened last winter.

(verb.)

ADV

already, earlier, just, previously, so far

I mentioned earlier that we'd need to book the restaurant in advance for our anniversary dinner.

commonly, frequently | rarely, seldom

briefly, in passing

She briefly mentioned the schedule change during the meeting.

casually

She casually mentioned during lunch that she was thinking about moving to a new city.

directly, explicitly, expressly, specifically

The teacher didn't directly mention the test date, but we all understood it was coming soon.

inadvertently | barely, hardly, scarcely

not actually, not at all

He didn't actually mention the problem during the meeting, but everyone could sense his frustration.

VERB + MENTION

fail to, forget to, omit to

PREP

The new shopping center was mentioned as a potential solution to traffic problems in the area.

The report mentions several important safety issues in the conclusion.

in connection with sth

The company's logo appeared in connection with a major scandal last year.

I didn't mention the broken vase to my parents until the next day.

PHRASES

avoid mentioning sb/sth

She carefully avoided mentioning the accident during dinner with her parents.

be worth mentioning sth

One thing worth mentioning is that the new software requires a password change every month.

mentioned above/below

The doctor explained the side effects I mentioned below on my patient information form.

mentioned in dispatches

The soldier was mentioned in dispatches for his bravery during the difficult mission.

mention the fact that, not to mention

now you come to mention it

Now you come to mention it, I haven't seen Sarah at work for over a week.

to mention but a few

We visited London, Paris, Rome, and Barcelona, to mention but a few of our favorite European cities.

Definitions

noun

A speaking or noticing of anything, usually in a brief or cursory manner.

I will make mention of thy righteousness.

And sleep in dull, cold marble, where no mention / Of me more must be heard of.

verb

To make a short reference to something.

Finance is seldom romantic. But the idea of peer-to-peer lending comes close. This is an industry that brings together individual savers and lenders on online platforms.[…]Banks and credit-card firms are kept out of the picture. Talk to enough people in the field and someone is bound to mention the “democratisation of finance”.

To utter a word or expression in order to refer to the expression itself, as opposed to its usual referent.

I can illustrate this by mentioning the word lead. Now you have no way of knowing for sure which meaning I have in mind until I give it some context by using it in a sentence.

If the verbatimness view derives from the popular notion that DST repeats 'the actual words spoken', a second line of thought takes its cue from Quine's (1940: 23–26, 1960: 146–156) philosophical distinction between words which are “used” vs. words which are merely “mentioned”.

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Synonyms

noun — a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quo

noun — a remark that calls attention to something or someone

reference

verb — make mention of

verb — commend

cite

verb — make reference to

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

honorable mention

An award or recognition given to a person or thing who does not achieve a higher standing but whose performance or entry was noteworthy.

How good are DCGs from a linguistic perspective? Well, mixed. At one stage (in the early 1980s) they were pretty much state of the art. They made it possible to code complex gramma

not to mention

An apophasis used by a speaker to introduce, despite claiming not to address, a given point of discussion.

The city was already having staffing difficulties, not to mention having a three million dollar budget shortfall.

now you mention it

Used to precede another comment about something just mentioned.

'I—I—I have fought a little, but not in that climbing way or that running way.' / 'No. Now you mention it,' said Billy, 'you don't look as though you were made for climbing or runn

come to mention it

What you just said reminds me of something; Used to justify a change of subject or a kind of statement that needs some kind of license.

"What do you think of the banking reforms?" / "Come to mention it, I've got to get to the bank before it closes today.

make mention of

To briefly refer to something; to mention.

Likewiſe, whereſoever New Heavens, and a New Earth, are made mention of in the Bible, he underſtands them of a New Material World, whenas there was no ſuch Thing intended; for theſ

Example Bank

I will make mention of thy righteousness.

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And sleep in dull, cold marble, where no mention / Of me more must be heard of.

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"I would like Twitter to put some kind of filters in place," suggests Prakash. "At present I can't see troll tweets if I block the user, but others who go into my 'mentions' can do so, and read the gr

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I can illustrate this by mentioning the word lead. Now you have no way of knowing for sure which meaning I have in mind until I give it some context by using it in a sentence.

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