What does mention mean?
Definitions for mention
ˈmɛn ʃənmen·tion
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word mention.
Princeton's WordNet
mention, referencenoun
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"
citation, cite, acknowledgment, credit, reference, mention, quotationnoun
a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage
"the student's essay failed to list several important citations"; "the acknowledgments are usually printed at the front of a book"; "the article includes mention of similar clinical cases"
mention, honorable mentionverb
an official recognition of merit
"although he didn't win the prize he did get special mention"
mention, advert, bring up, cite, name, referverb
make reference to
"His name was mentioned in connection with the invention"
note, observe, mention, remarkverb
make mention of
"She observed that his presentation took up too much time"; "They noted that it was a fine day to go sailing"
mention, citeverb
commend
"he was cited for his outstanding achievements"
Wiktionary
mentionnoun
A speaking or notice of anything, usually in a brief or cursory manner. Used especially in the phrase to make mention of.
Etymology: From mention, from mentio, mentionis.
mentionverb
To make a short reference to something.
Etymology: From mention, from mentio, mentionis.
Webster Dictionary
Mentionnoun
a speaking or notice of anything, -- usually in a brief or cursory manner. Used especially in the phrase to make mention of
Etymology: [OE. mencioun, F. mention, L. mentio, from the root of meminisse to remember. See Mind.]
Mentionverb
to make mention of; to speak briefly of; to name
Etymology: [OE. mencioun, F. mention, L. mentio, from the root of meminisse to remember. See Mind.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Mention
men′shun, n. a brief notice: a hint.—v.t. to notice briefly: to remark: to name.—adj. Men′tionable, fit to be mentioned. [L. mentio, -onis.]
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Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'mention' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3577
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Rank popularity for the word 'mention' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1395
Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'mention' in Nouns Frequency: #2163
Verbs Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'mention' in Verbs Frequency: #210
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of mention in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of mention in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
Examples of mention in a Sentence
He always makes a face when we mention Michigan, we’re pretty sure he’s in there.
Only a fool would sit on the sidelines hoping for something worthy of mention to happen to them
For I do not believe God means us thus to divide life into two halves - to wear a grave face on Sunday, and to think it out-of-place to even so much as mention Him on a week-day. Do you think He cares to see only kneeling figures and to hear only tones of prayer - and that He does not also love to see the lambs leaping in the sunlight, and to hear the merry voices of the children, as they roll amoung the hay? Surely their innocent laughter is as sweet in His ears as the grandest anthem that ever rolled up from the "dim religious light" of some solemn cathedral?
I believe the best way to defeat Donald Trump and deliver for the American people is to broaden and galvanize the majority that supports us on the critical issues, bernie Sanders believes in an inflexible ideological revolution that leaves out most Democrats, not to mention most Americans.
If you do the math, there is plenty of supply to continue to vaccinate Americans at 3 million per day, and then some. That's not to mention the fact that there are many doses that have already been distributed into states, i think White House officials're in the fortunate position, White House officials have to remind White House officials, where White House officials have three vaccines approved that are very effective vaccines, but White House officials are also importantly not dependent upon this.
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Translations for mention
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- noemAfrikaans
- اشار الى, أشيرArabic
- zmínka, zmínitCzech
- Erwähnung, erwähnenGerman
- μνημονεύω, μνεία, μνημόνευση, αναφορά, αναφέρωGreek
- mención, mencionarSpanish
- viitata, maininta, mainitaFinnish
- mentionnerFrench
- trácht arIrish
- luaidh, iomradhScottish Gaelic
- megemlítHungarian
- mentionarInterlingua
- menyebutIndonesian
- víkja að, hafa orð á, orða, nefna, vekja máls á, koma inn á, drepa á, umtal, minnast á, geta, impra á, koma á framfæriIcelandic
- menzionareItalian
- 言及Japanese
- 말하다Korean
- ناوهێنانKurdish
- спомнува, споменување, спомнување, напомена, напоменуваMacedonian
- vermelden, vermeldingDutch
- nemneNorwegian Nynorsk
- omtale, nevneNorwegian
- wzmianka, wspomnieć, wspominaćPolish
- menção, mencionarPortuguese
- упомяну́ть, ссы́лка, упомина́ние, упомина́тьRussian
- omnämnande, nämna, omnämnaSwedish
- söylemek, söz etmek, bahsetmek, değinmek, dile getirmekTurkish
- згадатиUkrainian
- ذکر کریںUrdu
- đề cậpVietnamese
- 提到Chinese
- bizaZulu
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