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mention
English
Etymology
From Middle English mencioun, mention, from Old French mention, from Latin menti?nem, accusative of menti? (“a mention, calling to mind”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?m?n??n/
- Rhymes: -?n??n
- Hyphenation: men?tion
Noun
mention (plural mentions)
- A speaking or notice of anything, usually in a brief or cursory manner. Used especially in the phrase make mention of.
- I will make mention of thy righteousness.
- (Internet, plural only) A social media feed, a list of replies or posts mentioning a person.
Derived terms
- mentionable
- mentionless
Translations
Verb
mention (third-person singular simple present mentions, present participle mentioning, simple past and past participle mentioned)
- To make a short reference to something.
- (philosophy, linguistics) To utter a word or expression in order to refer to the expression itself, as opposed to its usual referent.
- 2006, Tony Evans, The Transforming Word: Discovering the Power and Provision of the Bible, Moody Publishers ?ISBN, page 140
- 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.
- 2009, Lieven Vandelanotte, Speech and Thought Representation in English: A Cognitive-functional Approach, Walter de Gruyter ?ISBN, page 124
- 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”.
- 2013, Richard Hanley, South Park and Philosophy: Bigger, Longer, and More Penetrating, Open Court ?ISBN
- If I said rightly, “'Niggers' is a seven letter word,” I would be mentioning the word, and when we write it, we use mention-quotes for this purpose (speech typically lacks quotes, except for the occasional air-quotes). If I said, rightly or wrongly, “Niggers are good athletes,” then I would be using “niggers,” not merely mentioning it.
- 2006, Tony Evans, The Transforming Word: Discovering the Power and Provision of the Bible, Moody Publishers ?ISBN, page 140
Synonyms
(make a short reference to something): See Thesaurus:mention
Derived terms
- not to mention
- unmention
Translations
Anagrams
- nontime, omentin
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin menti?, mentionis.
Pronunciation
Noun
mention f (plural mentions)
- mention (act of mentioning)
- slogan
Related terms
- mentionner
Further reading
- “mention” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Old French
Alternative forms
- mencion
- mension
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin menti?, mentionis.
Noun
mention f (oblique plural mentions, nominative singular mention, nominative plural mentions)
- mention (act of mentioning)
See also
- mentevoir
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nominate
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin n?min?tus, perfect passive participle of n?min? (“I name”), from n?men (“a name”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?n?m.?.ne?t/, /?n?m.?.ne?t/
- (US) IPA(key): /?n?m.?.ne?t/, /?n?m.?.ne?t/
Verb
nominate (third-person singular simple present nominates, present participle nominating, simple past and past participle nominated)
- To name someone as a candidate for a particular role or position, including that of an office.
- (obsolete) To entitle, confer a name upon.
- 1658: the City of Norwich [...] was enlarged, builded and nominated by the Saxons. — Sir Thomas Browne, Urne-Burial (Penguin 2005, p. 12)
Synonyms
- (confer a name upon): bename; see also Thesaurus:denominate
Related terms
- denominate
- nomination
Translations
Adjective
nominate (not comparable)
- (zoology) nominotypical
- the nominate subspecies
Anagrams
- Timonean, antinome
Italian
Verb
nominate
- second-person plural present indicative of nominare
- second-person plural imperative of nominare
- feminine plural of nominato
Anagrams
- monetina
Latin
Verb
n?min?te
- second-person plural present active imperative of n?min?
Participle
n?min?te
- vocative masculine singular of n?min?tus
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