mention

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   an official recognition of merit

   Although we didn't win the prize, we did get special mention.

2. 2
   noun

   a remark that calls attention to something or someone

   They made frequent mention of their friend who was away on vacation for the entire summer.

3. 3
   verb

   make reference to

   Our name was mentioned in connection with the invention.

4. 4
   noun

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

   I will make mention of thy righteousness.

5. 5
   noun

   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."

6. 6
   verb

   To make a short reference to something.

   Finance is seldom romantic. But the idea of peer-to-peer lending comes close. This is an industry that brings together individual savers and lenders on online platforms.[…]Banks and credit-card firms are kept out of the picture. Talk to enough people in the field and someone is bound to mention the “democratisation of finance”.

7. 7
   verb

   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.

8. 8
   noun

   a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English mencioun, mention, from Old French mention, from Latin mentiōnem, accusative of mentiō (“a mention, calling to mind”).