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made mention

made mention is the simple past and past participle of make mention.

Meaning of make mention

Verb

make mention (third-person singular simple present makes mention, present participle making mention, simple past and past participle made mention)

  1. (formal, uncommon) Synonym of mention.
    • Beyak declined an interview request from CBC earlier this week, but did make mention in a press conference about a CBC article published earlier this week regarding her comments.2017 September 15, Alex Johnson, “'Epitome of colonial thinking': Sask. Sen. Lillian Dyck reacts to Sen. Lynn Beyak's latest comments”, in CBC
    Synonyms:
    mention

Questions about made mention

What is made mention the simple past and past participle of?
Made mention is the simple past and past participle of make mention.

Words near made mention in the dictionary

  1. made love
  2. made love to the camera
  3. made man
  4. made matters worse
  5. made men
  6. made mention
  7. made mention of
  8. made merry
  9. made mincemeat of
  10. made mincemeat out of
  11. made mockery of

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