Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - mention
Mention
mention
v. & n. --v.tr. 1 refer to briefly. 2 specify by name. 3 reveal or disclose (do not mention this to anyone). 4 (in dispatches) award (a person) a minor honour for meritorious, usu. gallant, military service. --n. 1 a reference, esp. by name, to a person or thing. 2 (in dispatches) a military honour awarded for outstanding conduct. Phrases and idioms don't mention it said in polite dismissal of an apology or thanks. make mention (or no mention) of refer (or not refer) to. not to mention introducing a fact or thing of secondary or (as a rhetorical device) of primary importance. Derivatives mentionable adj. Etymology: OF f. L mentio -onis f. the root of mens mind
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English mencioun, from Anglo-French mencion, from Latin ~-, mentio; akin to Latin meminisse to remember, ment-, mens mind Date: 14th century the act or an instance of citing or calling attention to someone or something especially in a casual or incidental manner, formal citation for outstanding achievement, II. transitive verb (~ed; ~ing) Date: 1530 to make ~ of ; refer to, ~able adjective ~er noun ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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