verb, noun
verb ~ sth/sb (to sb) to write or speak about sth/sb, especially without giving much information:
[VN] Nobody mentioned anything to me about it. * Sorry, I won't mention it again. * Now that you mention it, she did seem to be in a strange mood. * His name has been mentioned as a future MP. * [Vwh-] Did she mention where she was going? * [Vthat] You mentioned in your letter that you might be moving abroad. * He failed to mention that he was the one who started the fight. [also V-ing]
seealsoABOVE-MENTIONED, AFOREMENTIONED
IDIOMS
don't mention it (spoken) used as a polite answer when sb has thanked you for sth:
'Thanks for all your help.' 'Don't mention it.'
not to mention used to introduce extra information and emphasize what you are saying:
He has two big houses in this country, not to mention his villa in France.
noun [U,C,usually sing.] an act of referring to sb/sth in speech or writing:
He made no mention of her work. * The concert didn't even get a mention in the newspapers. * Richard deserves (a) special mention for all the help he gave us. * I went white at the mention of her name. * We have several other products worthy of mention.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for mention is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Does mention appear elsewhere on Lughet?
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