Definition of Mention

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Definition of Mention
	Mention A speaking or notice of anything, -- usually in a brief or cursory manner. Used especially in the phrase to make mention of. To make mention of; to speak briefly of; to name. Related Definitions: Anything, Brief, Briefly, Cursory, Especially, In, Make, Manner, Mention, Name, Notice, Of, Or, Phrase, Speak, Speaking, The, To, Used

Mention Quotations

Well, if crime fighters fight crime and fire fighters fight fire, what do freedom fighters fight? They never mention that part to us, do they?
George Carlin

Many interviewers when they come to talk to me, think they're being progressive by not mentioning in their stories any longer that I'm black. I tell them, 'Don't stop now. If I shot somebody you'd mention it.'
Colin Powell

I thought it completely absurd to mention my name in the same breath as the presidency.
Dwight D. Eisenhower

I think there are many times when it would be most efficient to use nuclear weapons. However, the public opinion in this country and throughout the world throw up their hands in horror when you mention nuclear weapons, just because of the propaganda that's been fed to them.
Curtis Lemay

I'm stupid, I'm ugly, I'm dumb, I smell. Did I mention I'm stupid?
Eminem

I hate to mention age, but I come from an era when we weren't consumed by technology and television.
Jimmy Buffett

I would like to mention that I have flown the 262 first in May '43. At this time, the aircraft was completely secret. I first knew of the existence of this aircraft only early in '42 - even in my position. This aircraft didn't have any priority in design or production.
Adolf Galland

Luck is not something you can mention in the presence of self-made men.
E. B. White

Depend upon it that if a man talks of his misfortunes there is something in them that is not disagreeable to him; for where there is nothing but pure misery there never is any recourse to the mention of it.
Samuel Johnson

Paul Riser tells it in an interesting way; he dissects it and tells the structure, you know, 'you don't mention that part here.' But that's what's interesting about it and the people who are absent are interesting too.
Bob Saget

Mention Translations

mention in Afrikaans is noem, vermeld
mention in Danish is omtale
mention in Dutch is gewag maken van, noemen, vermelden
mention in Finnish is mainita
mention in French is mentionner, mentionnez, mentionnent, mentionnons
mention in Italian is menzionare
mention in Latin is laudo

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