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mentioned

Syllables: men·tioned/ˈmɛnʃənd/

mentioned is the simple past and past participle of mention.

Meaning of mention

Verb

mention (third-person singular simple present mentions, present participle mentioning, simple past and past participle mentioned)

  1. (transitive) To make mention of; to speak of; to refer to; to name; to specify
    • He happened to mention your name to me.
  2. 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

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Words formed from mentioned

Phrases with mentioned

Questions about mentioned

What is mentioned the simple past and past participle of?
Mentioned is the simple past and past participle of mention.
How do you pronounce mentioned?
Mentioned is pronounced /ˈmɛnʃənd/.

Words near mentioned in the dictionary

  1. mention
  2. mention'd
  3. mentionability
  4. mentionable
  5. mentionably
  6. mentioned
  7. mentionee
  8. mentionees
  9. mentioner
  10. mentioners
  11. mentioneth

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