mention

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

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

   • I will make mention of thy righteousness.
   • And sleep in dull, cold marble, where no mention / Of me more must be heard of.
2. 2

   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."
   • 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" […].
3. 3

   To make mention of

   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 VI
   • It has already been mentioned that the Teutonic peoples of this period seem to have been fully conscious of their common origin.
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   1. 4

      To utter a word or expression in order to refer to the expression itself, as opposed to…

      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.

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