- mention
- {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} nounADJECTIVE▪ brief, passing▪ special▪ earliest, first▪
The earliest mention of the town is in a 16th-century manuscript.
▪ particular, specific▪ explicit▪No explicit mention of a sexual relationship is made.
▪ little, scant▪There is scant mention of her in the literature.
▪ mere▪The mere mention of his name brings a smile to my face.
▪ honourable/honorable▪ media (esp. AmE)▪The company racked up two billion media mentions in 2002.
VERB + MENTION▪ deserve, merit, rate, warrant▪My cousin deserves a mention for all his hard work.
▪The war barely rates a mention in this book.
▪ earn▪ get, receive▪His professor gets a mention in the acknowledgements.
▪ make▪Special mention must be made of Watson's wonderful performance as the doctor.
▪ give sb▪Andrew Divoff is given special mention.
▪ avoid, omit▪The author omitted any mention of the report.
▪ hear▪I've heard no mention of a salary increase this year.
PREPOSITION▪ at the mention of▪{{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}}At the very mention of his name, Kate started shaking with fright.
verbADVERB▪ already, earlier, just, previously, so far▪As already mentioned, the legislation does not consider low pay as an acceptable reason for turning down a job.
▪This aspect is discussed further by Crane, whom I mentioned earlier.
▪All the approaches mentioned so far are fairly conventional.
▪ commonly, frequently▪ rarely, seldom▪ never▪He's never mentioned you before.
▪ briefly, in passing▪He only mentioned his work in passing.
▪ casually▪I casually mentioned that I might be interested in working in Florida.
▪ directly, explicitly, expressly, specifically▪She did not specifically mention your name.
▪ publicly▪He was the first to publicly mention this.
▪ repeatedly▪The same places are repeatedly mentioned in the data.
▪ barely, hardly, scarcely (esp. BrE)▪ not actually, not at all▪Although she didn't actually mention the move, I am sure that was in her mind.
▪My name wasn't mentioned at all.
VERB + MENTION▪ not bother to, fail to, forget to, neglect to, omit to▪ hesitate to▪I hesitate to mention it, but …
▪ care to▪more hours than I care to mention
▪ happen to▪Did he happen to mention putting you in his will?
▪ remember to, think to▪I just never thought to mention it to you.
PREPOSITION▪ as▪Next spring has been mentioned as a possible time for the event.
▪ in▪She didn't mention the economy in her speech.
▪ in connection with▪His name had been mentioned in connection with the murder of a local man.
▪ to▪Please don't mention this to Sally.
PHRASES▪ avoid mentioning sb/sth▪He avoided mentioning his family.
▪ be worth mentioning sth▪At this point, it is worth mentioning that many people who were adopted as babies have no desire to meet their biological parents.
▪ mentioned above, mentioned below▪In the example mentioned above, either method of construction could have been used.
▪ mentioned in dispatches (esp. BrE)▪Wounded in action, he was twice mentioned in dispatches.
▪ mention the fact that …▪Did I mention the fact that I'm now single?
▪ not to mention (= used to add extra information)▪He has two big houses, not to mention his city apartment.
▪ come to mention it, now you come to mention it, now you mention it (all esp. BrE)▪Now that you come to mention it, he did say something about a ghost.
▪ to mention but a few, to mention just a few▪plumbers, printers and potters, to mention but a few
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
