Mention
['menʃ(ə)n] or ['mɛnʃən]
Definition
(noun.) an official recognition of merit; 'although he didn't win the prize he did get special mention'.
(noun.) a remark that calls attention to something or someone; 'she made frequent mention of her promotion'; 'there was no mention of it'; 'the speaker made several references to his wife'.
(verb.) commend; 'he was cited for his outstanding achievements'.
(verb.) make reference to; 'His name was mentioned in connection with the invention'.
Edited by Candice--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A speaking or notice of anything, -- usually in a brief or cursory manner. Used especially in the phrase to make mention of.
(v. t.) To make mention of; to speak briefly of; to name.
Typist: Maxine
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [Used chiefly in the phrase make mention of.] Cursory reference or allusion.
v. a. Declare, name, tell, state, communicate, impart, report, cite, speak of, make known, make mention of, allude to, refer to.
Edited by Gail
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Declaration, notice, announcement, observation, remark, hint, communication
ANT:Silence, suppression, forgetfulness, omission
Editor: Robert
Definition
n. a brief notice: a hint.—v.t. to notice briefly: to remark: to name.—adj. Men′tionable fit to be mentioned.
Inputed by Giles
Examples
- Permit me to mention one little instance, which, though it relates to myself, will not be quite uninteresting to you. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Some time ago, before her father's death, when I thought it right to mention to her--but I'll tell you, if you will bear with me, how it was. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- You didn't mention your name, by the bye. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- I seem to have been doing that ever since I knew you, judging from your frequent mention of the fact. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Not to mention that women and children are most subject to pity, as being most guided by that faculty. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- The professor made me great acknowledgments for communicating these observations, and promised to make honourable mention of me in his treatise. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- Perhaps they did, but it is of infinitely greater importance to mention that at this point also I lost my patience, opened my eyes, and interfered. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Hence, when his name was casually mentioned by neighbouring yeomen, the listener said, Ah, Clym Yeobright--what is he doing now? Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Some pounds, odd shillings, and halfpence, I think, were mentioned. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Buthe added, you surely have not known me as an old acquaintance all this time, and never mentioned it. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Joe mentioned it now, and the strange man called him by it. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- To have mentioned it to my housekeeper would have been at once to put it out of the question. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- You had mentioned Geneva as the name of your native town; and towards this place I resolved to proceed. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- She thought about him the very first moment on waking; and his was the very last name mentioned in her prayers. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Referring to this beginning of his career, he mentions a curious fact that throws light on his ceaseless application. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- It is true that the abbé mentions the idea, but he throws it out as a bare conjecture, and proposes no mode of ascertaining the truth of it. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Mr. Mallory mentions a little fact that bears on this exceptional quality of bodily powers. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Edison in those days rather liked the modest coffee-shops, and mentions visiting one. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Priscus mentions mead in the place of wine, millet for corn, and a drink either distilled[272] or brewed from barley. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Silence, little foolish thing, replied her mother, and remember any one that mentions London is sent to Coventry for an hour. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- I am ignorant of all concerning Mr. Rochester: the letter never mentions him but to narrate the fraudulent and illegal attempt I have adverted to. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- But his spirits were soon rising again, and with laughing eyes, after mentioning the expected return of the Campbells, he named the name of Dixon. Jane Austen. Emma.
- It is scarcely worth mentioning; but, is it yet? Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- It would not be worth mentioning for its own sake, but I was wakeful and rather low-spirited. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- The questions and answers went swimmingly, and ended in nothing worth mentioning. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Your criticisms thereon appear to be just, and I imagine you may have misapprehended my intention in mentioning it. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Nothing worth mentioning, replied Camilla. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Well, Tony, that as I was mentioning is what they're up to. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
Edited by Constantine