mention
Americanverb (used with object)
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to refer briefly to; name, specify, or speak of.
Don't forget to mention her contribution to the project.
- Synonyms:
- indicate
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to cite formally for a meritorious act or achievement.
He was mentioned in dispatches from the war zone.
noun
idioms
verb
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to refer to or speak about briefly or incidentally
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to acknowledge or honour
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to say nothing of something too obvious to mention
noun
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a recognition or acknowledgment
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a slight reference or allusion
he only got a mention in the article
the author makes no mention of that
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the act of mentioning
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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 dog Compare use See also formal mode
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a preliminary hearing in a court of law
Other Word Forms
- intermention verb
- mentionable adjective
- mentioner noun
- premention noun
- remention verb (used with object)
- undermentioned adjective
- unmentioned adjective
Etymology
Origin of mention
First recorded in 1250–1300; from Latin mentiōn-, stem of mentiō, literally, “a calling to mind, a touching upon” ( mental 1, -ion ); replacing Middle English mencioun, from Anglo-French, from Latin, as above
Example Sentences
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The notion is expressed in the survey results, which found wide variation in how faculty members mention AI use in syllabuses or whether they encourage or discourage AI in classes.
From Los Angeles Times
Stones is only mentioned in this grouping because there are continuing doubts about his fitness.
From BBC
The question seemed designed to stump even the person who wrote the episode, not to mention the obsessives competing in the recent “Seinfeld” trivia competition in New York.
He didn’t mention opening the Strait of Hormuz as a military objective, saying that was a mission with which other nations should help.
“I was telling my girlfriend on the way here, it’s like swimming in a cesspool of trauma,” he told USA Today, mentioning a partner who has not been identified.
From Los Angeles Times
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