mention

«mention» in Mova's school dictionary: To say or write something about someone or something… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (mention, mentions, mentioned, mentioning); noun (a mention, mentions)

meaning for a pupil

1) To say or write something about someone or something briefly, without giving lots of details. tree →

2) A mention is a short reference to someone or something: the book got a mention on the radio. tree →

3) "Don't mention it" is a polite reply to "thank you". tree →

sense in the lessons

In English lessons, mentioning a character or a fact means it appears briefly; in reading comprehension, questions ask "What is mentioned in paragraph 2?" In maths word problems, only use the numbers that are mentioned and needed, and watch for numbers that are not important. In everyday manners, "Don't mention it" means "you're welcome". An "honourable mention" is praise for doing well, without winning. Phrases: "mention something to someone", "not to mention" (and also), "don't mention it", "honourable mention", "as mentioned".

examples

• Did she mention where she was going? tree →
• My name was mentioned in assembly! tree →
• "Thanks for helping." "Don't mention it." tree →
• The story mentions a secret door in chapter 3. tree →
• Please mention to your parents that the trip is on Friday. tree →
• He got an honourable mention in the art competition. tree →
• The house was huge, not to mention the garden. tree →
• The question mentions three apples and two pears. tree →
• He wished she had not mentioned letters. tree →

note

Regular verb: mentioned, mentioning. "Mention" is followed directly by the thing: "mention the trip" (not "mention about the trip"). Spelling ends in -tion. In maths problems, a number that is mentioned is not always needed: read carefully.

In the corpora

• Many pop songs are written by teams, and everyone whose work is used gets a credit, an official mention.
• "As previously mentioned" means "I already told you this"; it is office jargon.
• Nobody mentioned that Tekken has its own age rating, and it isn't 7.
• Next time she stays till eleven and goes home for bed, and nobody mentions it.
• Kyiv was an important town by the 10th century, and Moscow is first mentioned in a chronicle in 1147.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «mention» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.