Dictionary Definition
mention
Noun
1 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" [syn: reference]
2 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" [syn: citation, acknowledgment, credit, reference, quotation]
3 an official recognition of merit; "although he
didn't win the prize he did get special mention" [syn: honorable
mention]
Verb
1 make reference to; "His name was mentioned in
connection with the invention" [syn: advert, bring up,
cite, name, refer]
2 make mention of; "She observed that his
presentation took up too much time"; "They noted that it was a fine
day to go sailing" [syn: note, observe, remark]
3 commend; "he was cited for his outstanding
achievements" [syn: cite]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
Noun
- A speaking or notice of anything, usually in a brief or cursory manner. Used especially in the phrase to make mention of.
Translations
A speaking or notice of anything, usually in a
brief or cursory manner. Used especially in the phrase to make
mention of.
- Czech: zmínka
- Finnish: maininta
- Norwegian: omtale
- Spanish: mención
- Swedish: omnämnande
Verb
- To speak of something.
Translations
To speak of something
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
Parthian shot, accolade, account, acknowledge, acquaint, acquaintance, address, address to, adduce, advert, advertise, advertise of,
advise, affirmation, allegation, allude, allude to, allusion, animadvert on,
announcement,
answer, apostrophe, apprise, assertion, assign, averment, blue book, blurt, blurt out, brief, briefing, bring in, bring to
attention, bring to notice, bring up, bring word, broach, bulletin, call attention to,
citation, cite, comment, communicate, communication, communique, crack, data, datum, declaration, denominate, designate, detail, determine, dictum, direct attention to,
direct to, directory,
disclose, dispatch, divulge, enlighten, enlightenment, eulogy, evidence, exclaim, exclamation, expression, facts, factual information,
familiarization,
familiarize,
fix, focus on, gen, general information, give
notice, give the facts, give word, greeting, guidebook, handout, hard information, hint
at, honorable mention, impart, imply, incidental information,
indicate, info, inform, information, insinuate, instance, instruct, instruction, intelligence, interject, interjection, intimate, introduce, knowledge, kudos, leave word, let drop, let
fall, let know, light,
make known, make reference to, mark, mention to, mentioning, message, muse, name, naming, note, notice, notification, notify, observation, observe, opine, phrase, pick out, pin down, point
at, point out, point to, position, praise, presentation, promotional
material, pronouncement, proof, publication, publicity, question, quote, recognition, refer, refer to, reference, referral, reflect, reflection, release, remark, report, reveal, say, saying, select, send word, sentence, serve notice,
set, sidelight, signify, slight, speak, specialize, specify, state, statement, stipulate, subjoinder, suggest, tell, the dope, the goods, the
know, the scoop, thought, touch on, touch upon,
transmission,
tribute, utterance, verse, white book, white paper,
word