MENTION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mention mean? 

• MENTION (noun)
  The noun MENTION has 3 senses:

1. a remark that calls attention to something or someone

2. a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage

3. an official recognition of merit

  Familiarity information: MENTION used as a noun is uncommon.

• MENTION (verb)
  The verb MENTION has 3 senses:

1. make reference to

2. make mention of

3. commend

  Familiarity information: MENTION used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MENTION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A remark that calls attention to something or someone

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

mention; reference

Context example:

the speaker made several references to his wife

Hypernyms ("mention" is a kind of...):

comment; input; remark (a statement that expresses a personal opinion or belief or adds information)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "mention"):

allusion (passing reference or indirect mention)

retrospection (reference to things past)

name-dropping (the practice of casually mentioning important people in order to impress your listener)

Derivation:

mention (make mention of)

mention (make reference to)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

acknowledgment; citation; cite; credit; mention; quotation; reference

Context example:

the article includes mention of similar clinical cases

Hypernyms ("mention" is a kind of...):

annotation; notation; note (a comment or instruction (usually added))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "mention"):

photo credit (a note acknowledging the source of a published photograph)

cross-index; cross-reference (a reference at one place in a work to information at another place in the same work)

Derivation:

mention (make reference to)

Sense 3

Meaning:

An official recognition of merit

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

honorable mention; mention

Context example:

although he didn't win the prize he did get special mention

Hypernyms ("mention" is a kind of...):

accolade; award; honor; honour; laurels (a tangible symbol signifying approval or distinction)

Derivation:

mention (commend)

• MENTION (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they mention    ... he / she / it mentions   
Past simple: mentioned   
Past participle: mentioned   
-ing form: mentioning   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Make reference to

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

advert; bring up; cite; mention; name; refer

Context example:

His name was mentioned in connection with the invention

Hypernyms (to "mention" is one way to...):

have in mind; mean; think of (intend to refer to)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "mention"):

commend; remember (mention as by way of greeting or to indicate friendship)

speak of the devil (mention someone's name who just then appears)

remember (mention favorably, as in prayer)

cite; quote (refer to for illustration or proof)

touch on (refer to or discuss briefly)

appeal; invoke (cite as an authority; resort to)

namedrop (refer to people that one assumes one's interlocutors admire in order to try to impress them)

bring up; raise (put forward for consideration or discussion)

drag up; dredge up (mention something unpleasant from the past)

cross-refer (refer from one entry to another, as in catalogues, books, and lists)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

Derivation:

mention (a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage)

mention (a remark that calls attention to something or someone)

mentioner (a speaker who refers to something briefly or incidentally)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Make mention of

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

mention; note; observe; remark

Context example:

They noted that it was a fine day to go sailing

Hypernyms (to "mention" is one way to...):

say; state; tell (express in words)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "mention"):

comment; notice; point out; remark (make or write a comment on)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

Derivation:

mention (a remark that calls attention to something or someone)

mentioner (a speaker who refers to something briefly or incidentally)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Commend

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

cite; mention

Context example:

he was cited for his outstanding achievements

Hypernyms (to "mention" is one way to...):

acknowledge; notice (express recognition of the presence or existence of, or acquaintance with)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

Sentence example:

Sam and Sue mention the movie

Derivation:

mention (an official recognition of merit)

 Context examples 

Can you mention any other measure by which I have a chance of doing equal good?

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

But the Lion went away into the forest and found his own supper, and no one ever knew what it was, for he didn't mention it.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)

No, sir; that I am certain I could not; and therefore I see there is but one way: but you will be furious if I mention it.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

Not to mention the agrochemicals used in agriculture - their discharge on rivers contributes immensely to fish mortality.

(Amazon fish ‘face new threats’, SciDev.Net)

Before I begin, I want to mention a supremely romantic weekend.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

I had heard him mention the case more than once, though I had never been able to gather the details.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“Mr. Dick,” said my aunt, “you have heard me mention David Copperfield? Now don't pretend not to have a memory, because you and I know better.”

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

The research also mentioned a reduction in reported dengue cases in a smaller field study in Vinh Luong, Vietnam, in 2018.

(Bacteria-infected mosquitoes slash dengue cases, SciDev.Net)

I see no probability in it, unless you have any better foundation than what you mention.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

Another circumstance very essential for her to know, was how long he meant to be in Bath; he had not mentioned it, or she could not recollect it.

(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)