- an act of referring to somebody/something in speech or writing
- He made no mention of her work.
- The concert didn't even get a mention in the newspapers.
- We have several other products worthy of mention.
- at the mention of something/somebody I went white at the mention of her name.
- The hashtag is getting an average of seven million mentions a day on the site.
Extra Examples- I've heard no mention of a salary increase this year.
- No explicit mention of a sexual relationship is made.
- The earliest mention of the town is in a 16th-century manuscript.
- The war barely rates a mention in this book.
- There is scant mention of her in the literature.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- brief
- passing
- special
- …
- deserve
- merit
- rate
- …
- at the mention of
- an act of acknowledging somebody/something as deserving praise
- Phil deserves (a) special mention for all the help he gave us.
- Special mention must be made of Watson's wonderful performance as the doctor.
Word OriginMiddle English (originally in make mention of): via Old French from Latin mentio(n-); related to mind.
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mention