mention-2.html - See: NOT TO MENTION.

mention-2.html - 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.

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.

mentionable adj. [OF f. L mentio -onis f. the root of mens mind]

mention-2.html - See: NOT TO MENTION.

mention-2.html - 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.

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.

mentionable adj. [OF f. L mentio -onis f. the root of mens mind]

mention-2.html - {n. phr.} The passing of one person's thoughts to another without any discoverable talking or carrying of signals between them. * /Mrs. Smith knew the moment her husband's ship sank on the other side of the world. It seems like a case of mental telepathy./ * /Most or all men who practice mental telepathy on stage have really trained themselves to detect tiny clues from the audience./

mention-2.html - See: NOT TO MENTION.