mention
Noun
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is a type of: comment, input, remark - a statement that expresses a personal opinion or belief or adds informationsubtypes:
- allusion - passing reference or indirect mention
- retrospection - reference to things past
- name-dropping - the practice of casually mentioning important people in order to impress your listener
same as: reference -
subtypes:
- photo credit - a note acknowledging the source of a published photograph
- cross-index, cross-reference - a reference at one place in a work to information at another place in the same work
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is a type of: accolade, award, honor, honour, laurels - a tangible symbol signifying approval or distinctionsame as: honorable mention
Verb
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subtypes:
- commend, remember - mention as by way of greeting or to indicate friendship
- speak of the devil - mention someone's name who just then appears
- remember - mention favorably, as in prayer
- cite, quote - refer to for illustration or proof
- touch on - refer to or discuss briefly
- appeal, invoke - cite as an authority; resort to
- namedrop - refer to people that one assumes one's interlocutors admire in order to try to impress them
- bring up, raise - put forward for consideration or discussion
- drag up, dredge up - mention something unpleasant from the past
- cross-refer - refer from one entry to another, as in catalogues, books, and lists
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is a type of: acknowledge, notice - express recognition of the presence or existence of, or acquaintance withsame as: cite
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