MENTION meaning: Reference or acknowledgment of something

We found 33 dictionaries that define the word mention:

General (27 matching dictionaries)

mention: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
mention: Merriam-Webster
mention, mention: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
mention: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
mention: Collins English Dictionary
mention: Vocabulary.com
Mention, mention: Wordnik
mention: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
mention: Wiktionary
mention: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
mention: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
mention: Infoplease Dictionary
mention: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
Mention (blogging), Mention (company), Mention: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
Mention: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
mention: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
mention: Rhymezone
mention, mention (f): AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
mention: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
mention: FreeDictionary.org
mention: Mnemonic Dictionary
mention: TheFreeDictionary.com
mention: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations
Mention, mention: Dictionary.com
mention (n.): Online Etymology Dictionary

Art (1 matching dictionary)

mention: Dictionary of Philosophical Terms and Names

Business (1 matching dictionary)

mention: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)

mention: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)

mention: Idioms

Science (1 matching dictionary)

FOLDOP - Free On Line Dictionary Of Philosophy (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)

mention: Green’s Dictionary of Slang

(Note: See mentionable as well.)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (

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▸ noun:  A speaking or noticing of anything, usually in a brief or cursory manner.
▸ noun:  (Internet, plural only) A social media feed, a list of replies or posts mentioning a person.
▸ verb:  To make a short reference to something.
▸ verb:  (philosophy, linguistics) To utter a word or expression in order to refer to the expression itself, as opposed to its usual referent.

Similar:

refer, remark, note, advert, observe, citation, quotation, acknowledge, credit, cite, more...

Opposite:

ignore, overlook, disregard, omit, neglect

Types:

direct mention, indirect mention, implicit mention, implied mention, allusion, reference, citation, quotation, paraphrase, more...

Phrases:

honorable mention, honourable mention, not to mention, don't mention it, dont mention it, more...

Adjectives:

special, first, brief, mere, further, frequent, particular, honorable, specific, little, very

Colors:

blue, red, green, yellow, purple, more...