mention
Syllables: men·tionUK/ˈmɛnʃn̩//ˈmɛnʃən/
mention noun: a speaking or noticing of anything, usually in a brief or cursory manner.
Noun
mention (countable and uncountable, plural mentions)
- A speaking or noticing of anything, usually in a brief or cursory manner.
- I will make mention of thy righteousness.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Psalms 71:16
- And sleep in dull, cold marble, where no mention / Of me more must be heard of.1613 (date written), William Shakespeare, [John Fletcher], “The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eight”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio)...
- A social media feed, a list of replies or posts mentioning a person.
- "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."2012 November 20, Kavitha Rao, “The Problems With Policing Sexism on Twitter”, in The Atlantic
- In response to the flood of replies, Chance returned to Twitter several hours later — presumably, after his mentions calmed down — to request that users format their resumes as "creative decks, pitches or proposals" […].2017 March 28, Jaleesa M. Jones, “Time to update your resumes: Chance the Rapper is hiring an intern”, in USA Today
Verb
mention (third-person singular simple present mentions, present participle mentioning, simple past and past participle mentioned)
- To make mention of; to speak of; to refer to; to name; to specify
- He happened to mention your name to me.
- fine mantles of Irish frieze are mentioned in a list of goods exported from England to Pope Urban VI1911, Osbert J. R. Howarth et al, “Ireland”, in 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica, volume 14, page 750
- 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.2006, Tony Evans, The Transforming Word: Discovering the Power and Provision of the Bible, Moody Publishers, →ISBN, page 140
- If the verbatimness view derives from the popular notion that DST repeats 'the actual words spoken', a second line of thought takes its cue from Quine's (1940: 23–26, 1960: 146–156) philosophical distinction between words which are “used” vs. words which are merely “mentioned”.2009, Lieven Vandelanotte, Speech and Thought Representation in English: A Cognitive-functional Approach, Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 124
mention meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
mention in Hindi
- a speaking or notice of anything, usually in a brief or cursory manner
- उल्लेख ullekh, ज़िक्र zikr
- to make a short reference to something
- उल्लेख करना ullekh karnā, उल्लिखित ullikhit
mention in Tamil
- குறிப்பிடு
mention in Marathi
- उल्लेख करा, नमूद करा, उल्लेख
mention in Urdu
- mention
- ذکر zikr, پرستاو prastāv
- mention, discourse
- مذکور mazkūr
More languagesFewer languages
- mention in Bengali
- উল্লেখ, উত্থাপন, ইঙ্গিত, বর্ণন
- mention in Telugu
- పేర్కొను pērkonu, ప్రస్తావించు prastāviñcu
- mention in Malayalam
- സൂചിപ്പിക്കുക sūcippikkuka, പരാമർശിക്കുക parāmaṟśikkuka, പരാമർശനം parāmaṟśanaṁ
- mention in Kannada
- ಹೇಳುವುದು, ಹೆಸರಿಸುವುದು, ನಮೂದಿಸುವುದು, ಕಿರುಹೇಳಿಕೆ
- mention in Punjabi
- ਜ਼ਿਕਰ ਕਰੋ, ਜ਼ਿਕਰ ਕਰਨਾ
- mention in Gujarati
- ઉલ્લેખ કરો, ઉલ્લેખ, ઉલ્લેખ કરવો
- mention in Odia
- ଉଲ୍ଲେଖ କରନ୍ତୁ, ଉଲ୍ଲେଖ କର, ଉଲ୍ଲେଖ
- mention in Sanskrit
- प्रस्ताव prastāva, कीर्ति kīrtí, कीर्त्, संशब्द saṃśabda
- mention in Assamese
- উলিয়া ulia
- mention in Nepali
- उल्लेख गर्नुहोस्, उल्लेख गर
- mention in Tagalog
- banggit, ungkat, bumanggit, magbanggit
- mention in Arabic
- ذِكْر ḏikr, ذَكَرَ ḏakara
- mention in Indonesian
- menyebut
- mention in Persian
- اشاریدن
- mention in Thai
- กล่าวถึง
- mention in Vietnamese
- đề cập
Examples of mention in a sentence
- I am full of shame! — but I did change the way I use it (no looking at my mentions; far less tweeting; aiming to highlight the work of people I like rather than criticize the work of those I don’t).2018 December 3, Bari Weiss, Eve Peyser, “Can You Like the Person You Love to Hate?”, in The New York Times:
- It has already been mentioned that the Teutonic peoples of this period seem to have been fully conscious of their common origin.1911, “Teutonic Peoples”, in 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica, volume 26, page 680:
- Talk to enough people in the field and someone is bound to mention the “democratisation of finance”.2013 June 1, “End of the peer show”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8838, page 71:
- If I said, rightly or wrongly, “Niggers are good athletes,” then I would be using “niggers,” not merely mentioning it.2013, Richard Hanley, South Park and Philosophy: Bigger, Longer, and More Penetrating, Open Court, →ISBN:
Synonyms of mention
Antonyms
Forms of mention
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | mentions |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | mentions |
| present participle | mentioning |
| past participle | mentioned |
| past | mentioned |
Origin of mention
Inherited from Middle English mencioun, mention, from Old French mention, from Latin mentiōnem, accusative of mentiō (“a mention, calling to mind”).
Words formed from mention
- honorable mention
- honorary mention
- make mention
- make mention of
- mentionable
- mentioning
- mentionless
- nonmention
- use-mention distinction
- remention
- @mention
- come to mention it
- don't mention it
- intermention
- mentionee
- mentioner
- more than one cares to mention
- not to mention
- now that you mention it
- now you mention it
- unmention
Phrases with mention
Words that rhyme with mention
- dimension
- intention
- tension
- pension
- indention
- intervention
- recension
- condescension
- descension
- gentian
- resuspension
- advention
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Questions about mention
- What does mention mean?
- Mention means a speaking or noticing of anything, usually in a brief or cursory manner.
- What is mention in Hindi?
- Mention in Hindi is उल्लेख (ullekh), ज़िक्र (zikr), उल्लेख करना (ullekh karnā). See Mention meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use mention in a sentence?
- I am full of shame! — but I did change the way I use it (no looking at my mentions; far less tweeting; aiming to highlight the work of people I like rather than criticize the work of those I don’t).
- What part of speech is mention?
- Mention can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce mention?
- Mention is pronounced /ˈmɛnʃən/ (US).
- What is the plural of mention?
- The plural of mention is mentions.
Words near mention in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: mention (page history and authors); mention (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); mention (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ذکر (Urdu) (page history and authors); mention (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); పేర్కొను (Telugu) (page history and authors); പരാമർശനം (Malayalam) (page history and authors); mention (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); mention (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); mention (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); mention (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); कीर्ति (Sanskrit) (page history and authors); উলিয়া (Assamese) (page history and authors); mention (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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