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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
mention/ˈmenʃn/

▶verb refer to briefly.

■ refer to (someone) as being noteworthy.

▶noun a reference to someone or something.

■ a formal acknowledgement of something noteworthy.

– phrases
be mentioned in dispatches Brit. be commended for one's actions by name in an official military report.
mention someone in one's will leave a legacy to someone.

– derivatives
mentionable adjective.

– origin ME: via OFr. from L. mentio(n-); rel. to mind.

'mention' also found in these Oxford entries:

allude - allusive - citation - cite - drag - drop - enumerate - honourable mention - hush - let - name - namecheck - paralipsis - pretermit - prevaricate - refer - reference - remark - shout-out - thingummy

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