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MENTION

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

An official recognition of merit

Example:

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

Synonyms:

honorable mention; mention

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

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

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

Derivation:

mention (commend)

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Example:

the article includes mention of similar clinical cases

Synonyms:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

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:

A remark that calls attention to something or someone

Example:

the speaker made several references to his wife

Synonyms:

mention; reference

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

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)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Make mention of

Example:

They noted that it was a fine day to go sailing

Synonyms:

mention; note; observe; remark

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

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 2

Meaning:

Commend

Example:

he was cited for his outstanding achievements

Synonyms:

cite; mention

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

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)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Make reference to

Example:

His name was mentioned in connection with the invention

Synonyms:

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

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

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)

Credits

 Context examples: 

’Tis the beast he is, this Wolf Larsen—the great big beast mentioned iv in Revelation; an’ no good end will he ever come to.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

The neuroscientist mentioned that the memory damage happened not just in the adult phase of the infection.

(Zika virus found to harm adults’ memory and motor system, Agência Brasil/EBC)

The professor mentioned 2,600 cases of Glioma, but I'm not an expert.

(Health threats caused by mobile phone radiation, EUROPARL TV)

Once, he mentioned that he was going away, back to the South Seas, and, once, she asked him to forgive her having come to him.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

And as for dancing, do not mention it, I beg; that is quite out of the question.

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)

Here they are:—Will not mention "drinking."

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

Nothing happened worth mentioning in this voyage.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)

“Oh, one more word. You have not mentioned to any of the three gentlemen whom you attend that anything is amiss?”

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

Oh! my dear, cried his wife, I cannot bear to hear that mentioned.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

I thank you, but all that you mention is nothing to me; on the whole earth there is no comfort which I am capable of receiving.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)