Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
mention en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈmɛnʃən/ (General-American)
- (US) audio
- /ˈmɛnʃn̩/ (Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English mencioun, mention, from Old French mention, from Latin mentiōnem, accusative of mentiō (“a mention, calling to mind”).
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) 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.
1613 (date written), William Shakespeare, [John Fletcher], “The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eight”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii]:I will make mention of thy righteousness.
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Psalms 71:16:
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(Internet, countable, plural, plural-only, uncountable) 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" […].
2017 March 28, Jaleesa M. Jones, “Time to update your resumes: Chance the Rapper is hiring an intern”, in USA Today:"I would like Twitter to put some kind of filters in place," suggests Prakash. "At present I can't see troll tweets if I block the user, but others who go into my 'mentions' can do so, and read the graphic abuse, which is disturbing."
2012 November 20, Kavitha Rao, “The Problems With Policing Sexism on Twitter”, in The Atlantic:I didn’t delete my account — yet! I know! I am full of shame! — but I did change the way I use it (no looking at my mentions; far less tweeting; aiming to highlight the work of people I like rather than criticize the work of those I don’t).
2018 December 3, Bari Weiss, Eve Peyser, “Can You Like the Person You Love to Hate?”, in The New York Times:
Forms
Deriveds
mentionable · mentionless · nonmention · make mention of · remention · honorary mention · make mention · mentioning · honorable mention · use-mention distinction
Translations (52)
mk спомнување (a speaking or notice of anything, usually in a brief or cursory manner) · ru упомина́ние (a speaking or notice of anything, usually in a brief or cursory manner) · sh помен (a speaking or notice of anything, usually in a brief or cursory manner) · cmn 言及 (a speaking or notice of anything, usually in a brief or cursory manner) · tl ungkat (a speaking or notice of anything, usually in a brief or cursory manner) · sh pominjanje (a speaking or notice of anything, usually in a brief or cursory manner) · nl vermelding (a speaking or notice of anything, usually in a brief or cursory manner) · eo mencio (a speaking or notice of anything, usually in a brief or cursory manner) · cmn 提到 (a speaking or notice of anything, usually in a brief or cursory manner) · ar ذِكْر (a speaking or notice of anything, usually in a brief or cursory manner) · mk напомена (a speaking or notice of anything, usually in a brief or cursory manner) · it menzione (a speaking or notice of anything, usually in a brief or cursory manner) · ca menció (a speaking or notice of anything, usually in a brief or cursory manner) · sh pomen (a speaking or notice of anything, usually in a brief or cursory manner) · uk посила́ння (a speaking or notice of anything, usually in a brief or cursory manner) · cs zmínka (a speaking or notice of anything, usually in a brief or cursory manner) · gd iomradh (a speaking or notice of anything, usually in a brief or cursory manner) · it accenno (a speaking or notice of anything, usually in a brief or cursory manner) · it cenno (a speaking or notice of anything, usually in a brief or cursory manner) · es minción (a speaking or notice of anything, usually in a brief or cursory manner) · ru ссы́лка (a speaking or notice of anything, usually in a brief or cursory manner) · hi ज़िक्र (a speaking or notice of anything, usually in a brief or cursory manner) · mk споменување (a speaking or notice of anything, usually in a brief or cursory manner) · ca esment (a speaking or notice of anything, usually in a brief or cursory manner) · scn ammuntuari (a speaking or notice of anything, usually in a brief or cursory manner) · fi maininta (a speaking or notice of anything, usually in a brief or cursory manner) · bg спомена́ване (a speaking or notice of anything, usually in a brief or cursory manner) · el αναφορά (a speaking or notice of anything, usually in a brief or cursory manner) · ang ymbsprǣċ (a speaking or notice of anything, usually in a brief or cursory manner) · ko 언급 (a speaking or notice of anything, usually in a brief or cursory manner) · pl wzmianka (a speaking or notice of anything, usually in a brief or cursory manner) · gd luaidh (a speaking or notice of anything, usually in a brief or cursory manner) · ja 言及 (a speaking or notice of anything, usually in a brief or cursory manner) · scn ammintuvari (a speaking or notice of anything, usually in a brief or cursory manner) · el μνημόνευση (a speaking or notice of anything, usually in a brief or cursory manner) · sh помињање (a speaking or notice of anything, usually in a brief or cursory manner) · la mentiō (a speaking or notice of anything, usually in a brief or cursory manner) · es mención (a speaking or notice of anything, usually in a brief or cursory manner) · ceb hisgot (a speaking or notice of anything, usually in a brief or cursory manner) · is umtal (a speaking or notice of anything, usually in a brief or cursory manner) · vi đề cập (a speaking or notice of anything, usually in a brief or cursory manner) · scn mintuvari (a speaking or notice of anything, usually in a brief or cursory manner) · el μνεία (a speaking or notice of anything, usually in a brief or cursory manner) · pt menção (a speaking or notice of anything, usually in a brief or cursory manner) · de Erwähnung (a speaking or notice of anything, usually in a brief or cursory manner) · ota ذكر (a speaking or notice of anything, usually in a brief or cursory manner) · hi उल्लेख (a speaking or notice of anything, usually in a brief or cursory manner) · uk зга́дка (a speaking or notice of anything, usually in a brief or cursory manner) · sv omnämnande (a speaking or notice of anything, usually in a brief or cursory manner) · tl banggit (a speaking or notice of anything, usually in a brief or cursory manner) · sq Përmend (a speaking or notice of anything, usually in a brief or cursory manner) · ary هدرة (a speaking or notice of anything, usually in a brief or cursory manner)
mention en · VERB
Pronunciation
- /ˈmɛnʃən/ (General-American)
- (US) audio
- /ˈmɛnʃn̩/ (Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English mencioun, mention, from Old French mention, from Latin mentiōnem, accusative of mentiō (“a mention, calling to mind”).
Meanings
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(transitive) To make mention of; to speak of; to refer to; to name; to specify
Finance is seldom romantic. But the idea of peer-to-peer lending comes close. This is an industry that brings together individual savers and lenders on online platforms.[…]Banks and credit-card firms are kept out of the picture. Talk to enough people in the field and someone is bound to mention the “democratisation of finance”.
2013 June 1, “End of the peer show”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8838, page 71:It has already been mentioned that the Teutonic peoples of this period seem to have been fully conscious of their common origin.
1911, “Teutonic Peoples”, in 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica, volume 26, page 680:He happened to mention your name to me.
fine mantles of Irish frieze are mentioned in a list of goods exported from England to Pope Urban VI
1911, Osbert J. R. Howarth et al, “Ireland”, in 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica, volume 14, page 750:
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To utter a word or expression in order to refer to the expression itself, as opposed to its usual referent.
If the verbatimness view derives from the popular notion that DST repeats 'the actual words spoken', a second line of thought takes its cue from Quine's (1940: 23–26, 1960: 146–156) philosophical distinction between words which are “used” vs. words which are merely “mentioned”.
2009, Lieven Vandelanotte, Speech and Thought Representation in English: A Cognitive-functional Approach, Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 124:If I said rightly, “'Niggers' is a seven letter word,” I would be mentioning the word, and when we write it, we use mention-quotes for this purpose (speech typically lacks quotes, except for the occasional air-quotes). If I said, rightly or wrongly, “Niggers are good athletes,” then I would be using “niggers,” not merely mentioning it.
2013, Richard Hanley, South Park and Philosophy: Bigger, Longer, and More Penetrating, Open Court, →ISBN: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.
2006, Tony Evans, The Transforming Word: Discovering the Power and Provision of the Bible, Moody Publishers, →ISBN, page 140:
Forms
Antonyms
orate · enlarge oneself · bespeech · speechify
Deriveds
more than one cares to mention · don't mention it · mentionee · unmention · remention · now you mention it · intermention · mentioner · now that you mention it · not to mention · @mention · come to mention it
Hypernyms
speak
Relateds
allude
Synonyms
touch · reference · toss up · touch on · mention · move · bring up
Translations (95)
tl banggitin (to make a short reference to something) · uk посила́тися (to make a short reference to something) · fa اشاریدن (to make a short reference to something) · nb omtale (to make a short reference to something) · el αναφέρω (to make a short reference to something) · pl napominać o kim / czym (to make a short reference to something) · fi viitata (to make a short reference to something) · az xatırlamaq (to make a short reference to something) · tr söylemek (to make a short reference to something) · tr değinmek (to make a short reference to something) · pt mencionar (to make a short reference to something) · uk зга́дувати (to make a short reference to something) · tr söz etmek (to make a short reference to something) · ota ذكر ایتمك (to make a short reference to something) · ckb ناوھێنان (to make a short reference to something) · hi उल्लेख करना (to make a short reference to something) · ga tagair (to make a short reference to something) · ga trácht ar (to make a short reference to something) · ru упомина́ть (to make a short reference to something) · ko 언급하다 (to make a short reference to something) · da omtale (to make a short reference to something) · tl magbanggit (to make a short reference to something) · ia mentionar (to make a short reference to something) · ar ذَكَرَ (to make a short reference to something) · fro mentevoir (to make a short reference to something) · vi đề cập (to make a short reference to something) · pl wspomnieć (to make a short reference to something) · km ក្លាវ (to make a short reference to something) · grc μνημονεύω (to make a short reference to something) · tl bumanggit (to make a short reference to something) · nb nevne (to make a short reference to something) · is orða (to make a short reference to something) · cmn 提到 (to make a short reference to something) · et mainima (to make a short reference to something) · tr zikretmek (to make a short reference to something) · is nefna (to make a short reference to something) · el μνημονεύω (to make a short reference to something) · et viitama (to make a short reference to something) · zu -biza (to make a short reference to something) · hu megemlít (to make a short reference to something) · fi mainita (to utter an expression in order to refer to the expression itself) · sh spominjati (to make a short reference to something) · is minnast á (to make a short reference to something) · cs zmínit (to make a short reference to something) · grc ἐπιμιμνήσκομαι (to make a short reference to something) · sh spomenuti (to make a short reference to something) · ja 言及する (to make a short reference to something) · nl vermelden (to make a short reference to something) · is drepa á (to make a short reference to something) · fr mentionner (to make a short reference to something) · tr bahsetmek (to make a short reference to something) · is impra á (to make a short reference to something) · sv nämna (to make a short reference to something) · th กล่าวถึง (to make a short reference to something) · mk напоменува (to make a short reference to something) · is vekja máls á (to make a short reference to something) · yue 提及 (to make a short reference to something) · is koma inn á (to make a short reference to something) · it menzionare (to make a short reference to something) · is hafa orð á (to make a short reference to something) · id menyebut (to make a short reference to something) · eo mencii (to make a short reference to something) · pl wspominać (to make a short reference to something) · ca esmentar (to make a short reference to something) · is koma á framfæri (to make a short reference to something) · kk айтып өту (to make a short reference to something) · mk спомнува (to make a short reference to something) · sga do·rími (to make a short reference to something) · es mencionar (to make a short reference to something) · gd luaidh (to make a short reference to something) · nn nemne (to make a short reference to something) · ru упомяну́ть (to make a short reference to something) · mi pōtete (to make a short reference to something) · ca mencionar (to make a short reference to something) · af noem (to make a short reference to something) · az adını çəkmək (to make a short reference to something) · mi takarure (to make a short reference to something) · ota آڭمق (to make a short reference to something) · es mentar (to make a short reference to something) · fi mainita (to make a short reference to something) · be зга́дваць (to make a short reference to something) · non nefna (to make a short reference to something) · hi उल्लिखित (to make a short reference to something) · ko 말하다 (to make a short reference to something) · la memorō (to make a short reference to something) · bg спомена́вам (to make a short reference to something) · uk згада́ти (to make a short reference to something) · de erwähnen (to make a short reference to something) · is víkja að (to make a short reference to something) · mi whakahua (to make a short reference to something) · tr dile getirmek (to make a short reference to something) · az dilə gətirmək (to make a short reference to something) · az sadalamaq (to make a short reference to something) · is geta (to make a short reference to something) · sv omnämna (to make a short reference to something)