mention
//ˈmɛnʃən//
Forms
- Plural
- mentions
- present (v1)
- mention
- past (v2)
- mentioned
- past participle (v3)
- mentioned
- present participle
- mentioning
- 3rd person singular
- mentions
Definitions
1.A speaking or noticing of anything, usually in a brief or cursory manner.
- And sleep in dull, cold marble, where no mention / Of me more must be heard of.
2.A social media feed, a list of replies or posts mentioning a person.
- In response to the flood of replies, Chance returned to Twitter several hours later, presumably, after his mentions calmed down, to request that users format their resumes as "creative decks, pitches or proposals" […].
1.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.
2.To make mention of; to speak of; to refer to; to name; to specify
- He happened to mention your name to me.
- It has already been mentioned that the Teutonic peoples of this period seem to have been fully conscious of their common origin.
Frequency
Overall
Common· #818
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Uncommon
- General reading & writing
- Common
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
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Etymology
Inherited from Middle English mencioun, mention
From Old French mention
From Latin mentiōnem, accusative of mentiō (“a mention, calling to mind”).