Idiom
make mention of
Meaning
To briefly refer to something; to mention.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“Did you make mention of the meeting tomorrow?”
“During the presentation, the manager made mention of the new budget cuts to prepare the team.”
“The author made mention of several historical events in the preface, though he chose not to explore them in detail within the main text.”
Examples
simple
“Did you make mention of the meeting tomorrow?”
contextual
“During the presentation, the manager made mention of the new budget cuts to prepare the team.”
complex
“The author made mention of several historical events in the preface, though he chose not to explore them in detail within the main text.”
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