noun
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A speaking or notice of anything, usually in a brief or cursory manner. Used especially in the phrase make mention of.
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A social media feed, a list of replies or posts mentioning a person.
verb
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To make a short reference to something.
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To utter a word or expression in order to refer to the expression itself, as opposed to its usual referent.
Examples of mention in a Sentence
He didn't even mention her family.
You're a mighty good cook - not to mention a good driver.
If you mention his name to Alex, you'll find out why she feels that way.
There was no point alarming Connie about her situation, so she didn't mention the conversation with Giddon that had inspired the letter.
You are the first and only one to whom I mention this, because I like you.
Funny you should mention that.
He didn't even mention skiing.
I shall mention only two other friends.
She didn't mention the conversation or the money.
She didn't even mention being too late to take him to dinner.
His ears perked up at the mention of Dean's nocturnal adventure.
She didn't mention any trips to the country.
Did he mention going for a swim?
I assumed we'd discuss our latest findings but Howie, ever hyper in the secrecy department, disallowed any mention our activities in public.
There was no young girl with Patsy Boyd nor did she mention one.
I mention these reprehensible actions to illustrate how language can divide us.
The mention of Rissa's death disturbed him.
I'm sorry about your car and the rest of your things, but please don't mention money.
She probably had a mover scheduled and forgot to mention it.
Bianca tensed at the mention of her brother.
Winston didn't press for details—thankfully—and Dean made no mention of taking time for an off-duty trip to Scranton.
I swore to myself I'd never, ever mention it!
He worked all day, climbed the hills looking for her – not to mention the worry she had cost him today.
I did mention that Rob had attacked me, but I didn't say what he did.
Before considering observational data, it is expedient to mention various sources of uncertainty.
The mention of four burgesses at Bridlington (Brellington, Burlington) in the Domesday survey shows it to have been a borough before the Conquest.
He did mention his interview with Cece Baldwin, describing Byrne's relationship with the young lady as that of a compassionate mentor.
At the mention of Josh's name, his eyes veiled over.
I have been taking care of the children and this house for years – not to mention the time I've spent taking care of you!.
Several minor events of Leo's pontificate are worthy of mention.
The earliest mention of Palmyra is in 2 Chron.
Dean asked to have Cynthia call when she felt up to it but he didn't mention that someone had broken into his home too.
Strangely, Fred made no further mention of Monday night's revealing identification of Jeffrey Byrne by Chip Burgess.
Sharing it with anyone else would be a betrayal to Alex, not to mention an embarrassment to herself.
The mention of his predecessor had the opposite effect of mentioning the Original Vamp.
He no longer bristled at the mention of the name Medena, nor did he avoid them.
You didn't mention anything about the Whitney Motel in the report.
Dean couldn't think of more than 20 names—Ethel Rosewater, Cynthia Byrne, David Dean, even Jeffrey Byrne, not to mention half of Arthur's gay friends and lovers and most of his ex-clients.
Her features grew more worried at the mention of her mate.
You wanted to know what was happening back in Parkside—if there was any mention of the money or Byrne reporting it.
In the 17th century we have only to mention the concordat between Urban VIII.
Land was probably acquired for a military post and store depot at Woolwich in 1667, in order to erect batteries against the invading Dutch fleet, although in 1664 mention is made of storehouses and sheds for repairing ship carriages.
For instance, he asserts the number of the Sabine virgins to have been exactly 527; again, in a certain year when no Greek or Latin writers mention any important campaign, Antias speaks of a big battle with enormous casualties.
He received his early education, according to Morice his secretary, from " a marvellous severe and cruel schoolmaster," whose discipline must have been severe indeed to deserve this special mention in an age when no schoolmaster bore the rod in vain.
The mention of Christian theology may remind us that, for the majority of theists in medieval and modern times, theism proper has ranked only as a secondary wisdom.
Passing now to the later schoolmen, a bare mention must be made of Thomas Aquinas, who elaborately argues for the absolute creation of the world out of nothing, and of Albertus Magnus, who reasons against the Aristotelian idea of the past eternity of the world.
When, therefore, we remember that Aurelius knew little of the Christians, that the only mention of them in the Meditations is a contemptuous reference to certain fanatics of their number whom even Clement of Alexandria compares for their thirst for martyrdom to the Indian gymnosophists, and finally that the least worthy of them were doubtless the most prominent, we cannot doubt that Aurelius was acting unquestionably in the best interests of a perfectly intelligible ideal.
In the Ebers papyrus, 1550 B.C., mention is made of blisters, ointments, clysters, mineral and vegetable drugs.
His researches on sebacic acid (1802) and on bile (1807), and his discovery of peroxide of hydrogen (1818) also deserve mention.
Amongst his scientific, theological and grammatical works mention may be made of De diis, containing an examination of various cults and ceremonials; treatises on divination and the interpretation of dreams; on the sphere, the winds and animals.