Mention

//ˈmɛnʃən// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A speaking or noticing of anything, usually in a brief or cursory manner.

    "I will make mention of thy righteousness."

  2. 2
    an official recognition of merit wordnet
  3. 3
    A social media feed, a list of replies or posts mentioning a person. Internet, plural, plural-only

    ""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.""

  4. 4
    a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage wordnet
  5. 5
    a remark that calls attention to something or someone wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To make a short reference to something.

    "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”."

  2. 2
    make mention of wordnet
  3. 3
    To utter a word or expression in order to refer to the expression itself, as opposed to its usual referent.

    "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."

  4. 4
    commend wordnet
  5. 5
    make reference to wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

Inherited from Middle English mencioun, mention, from Old French mention, from Latin mentiōnem, accusative of mentiō (“a mention, calling to mind”).

Etymology 2

Inherited from Middle English mencioun, mention, from Old French mention, from Latin mentiōnem, accusative of mentiō (“a mention, calling to mind”).

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