Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to mention
Participle: mentioned
Gerund: mentioning
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | mention |
| you | mention |
| he;she;it | mentions |
| we | mention |
| you | mention |
| they | mention |
Perfect
| I | have mentioned |
| you | have mentioned |
| he;she;it | has mentioned |
| we | have mentioned |
| you | have mentioned |
| they | have mentioned |
Past
| I | mentioned |
| you | mentioned |
| he;she;it | mentioned |
| we | mentioned |
| you | mentioned |
| they | mentioned |
Pluperfect
| I | had mentioned |
| you | had mentioned |
| he;she;it | had mentioned |
| we | had mentioned |
| you | had mentioned |
| they | had mentioned |
Future
| I | will mention |
| you | will mention |
| he;she;it | will mention |
| we | will mention |
| you | will mention |
| they | will mention |
Future Perfect
| I | will have mentioned |
| you | will have mentioned |
| he;she;it | will have mentioned |
| we | will have mentioned |
| you | will have mentioned |
| they | will have mentioned |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | mention |
| you | mention |
| he;she;it | mention |
| we | mention |
| you | mention |
| they | mention |
Perfect
| I | have mentioned |
| you | have mentioned |
| he;she;it | have mentioned |
| we | have mentioned |
| you | have mentioned |
| they | have mentioned |
Imperfect
| I | mentioned |
| you | mentioned |
| he;she;it | mentioned |
| we | mentioned |
| you | mentioned |
| they | mentioned |
Pluperfect
| I | had mentioned |
| you | had mentioned |
| he;she;it | had mentioned |
| we | had mentioned |
| you | had mentioned |
| they | had mentioned |
Conditional
Present
| I | would mention |
| you | would mention |
| he;she;it | would mention |
| we | would mention |
| you | would mention |
| they | would mention |
Perfect
| I | would have mentioned |
| you | would have mentioned |
| he;she;it | would have mentioned |
| we | would have mentioned |
| you | would have mentioned |
| they | would have mentioned |
Imperative
| you | mention |
| we | Let's mention |
| you | mention |
Verbs conjugated like 'mention'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'mention'
mansion,
mentor,
motion,
munition,
pension,
remention,
section,
tension,
unmention,
action,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to speak of something in a brief or cursory manner; to make a short reference to something
- bring up, reference, toss up, touch, touch on
- remark
- state, declare, cite, communicate, disclose, divulge, impart, tell
Antonyms
- to speak of something in a brief or cursory manner; to make a short reference to something
- bespeech, enlarge oneself, orate, speechify
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. c.1300, from O.Fr. mencion "call to mind," from L. mentionem (nom. mentio) "a calling to mind, a speaking of, mention," from root of Old L. minisci "to think," related to mens (gen. mentis) "mind," from PIE base *men- "think" (see mental). The verb is first attested 1530. Don't mention it as a conventional reply to expressions of gratitude or apology is attested from 1840.
2. Inherited from Middle English mencioun, mention, from Old French mention, from Latin mentiōnem, accusative of mentiō (“a mention, calling to mind”).
Verbs referencing "mention"
Ido mencionar.
Sample Sentences
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[...] persons so situated, the natural transition from these first surprises was obviously into peals of hearty laughter, and I can report that I, for one, being still seated upon the slab or perch before mentioned, roared outright until the vessel rang again. Thus, in less than two minutes after coming upon it for the first time, we all by common consent agreed that this state-room was the pleasantest and [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] her compliments, to have a steel conductor immediately attached to the top of every mast, and to the chimney, in order that the ship might not be struck by lightning. They and the handmaid before mentioned, being in such ecstasies of fear that I scarcely knew what to do with them, I naturally bethought myself of some restorative or comfortable cordial; and nothing better occurring to me, at the [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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I was now comfortably established by courtesy in the ladies ’ cabin, where, besides ourselves, there were only four other passengers. First, the little Scotch lady before mentioned, on her way to join her husband at New York, who had settled there three years before. Secondly and thirdly, an honest young Yorkshireman, connected with some American house; domiciled in that same [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] these kindnesses, one and all; and I was reluctantly obliged to forego the delight of hearing Dr. Channing, who happened to preach that morning for the first time in a very long interval. I mention the name of this distinguished and accomplished man (with whom I soon afterwards had the pleasure of becoming personally acquainted ), that I may have the gratification of recording my humble [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] and roasting, to a degree that was calculated to inspire terror in any reflecting fowl living. Her corn-cake, in all its varieties of hoe-cake, dodgers, muffins, and other species too numerous to mention, was a sublime mystery to all less practised compounders; and she would shake her fat sides with honest pride and merriment, as she would narrate the fruitless efforts that one and another of her [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] the course I should take in my future travels, and in mixing constantly with its society, I am not aware that I have any occasion to prolong this chapter. Such of its social customs as I have not mentioned, however, may be told in a very few words.
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] acquaintance, on this journey, with a mild and modest young quaker, who opened the discourse by informing me, in a grave whisper, that his grandfather was the inventor of cold-drawn castor oil. I mention the circumstance here, thinking it probable that this is the first occasion on which the valuable medicine in question was ever used as a conversational aperient.
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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The great drawing-room, which I have already mentioned, and the other chambers on the ground-floor, were crowded to excess. The company was not, in our sense of the term, select, for it comprehended persons of very many grades and classes; nor was [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] to leave, and they all poured forth into a building on the opposite side of the street to dinner. I said several times that I should like to see them at their meal; but as the gentleman to whom I mentioned this desire appeared to be suddenly taken rather deaf, I did not pursue the request. Of their appearance I shall have something to say, presently.
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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I have mentioned my having been in some uncertainty and doubt, at first, relative to the sleeping arrangements on board this boat. I remained in the same vague state of mind until ten o’clock or thereabouts, when [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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Oh yeah, no, I gotta write more of it. I did n't, I probably shoulda mentioned I only have a verse
(Standing on the Shoulders of Kitties)