mention (redirected from Mention in dispatches)

(I) just want(ed) to say something. and (I) just want(ed) to mention something.; (I) just want(ed) to tell you something.

a sentence opener that eases into a statement or question. (Can be followed by words like say, ask, tell you, be, and come.) Rachel: I just wanted to say that we all loved your letter. Thank you so much. Andrew: Thanks. Glad you liked it. Rachel: I just wanted to tell you how sorry l am about your sister. Alice: Thanks. I appreciate it. Andrew: Just wanted to come by for a minute and say hello. Tom: Well, hello. Glad you dropped by.

See also: just, say, want

Don't mention it.

You are welcome and your thanks are not necessary. A: Thank you so much! B: Don't mention it.

make mention of someone or something

to mention someone or something. Did you have to make mention of Sally? I'm angry with her. I will have to make mention of your failure to secure additional business.

See also: make

mention someone or something in something 

1. to name someone or something in a particular context. We mentioned you in regard to nominations for the congress. Everyone mentioned your book in the discussions.

2. to name someone or something in a will, lecture, story, article, etc. They mentioned your name in the discussion. Uncle Herman mentioned you in his will.

mention someone or something in passing

to mention someone or something casually; to mention someone or something while talking about someone or something else. He just happened to mention in passing that the mayor had resigned. John mentioned in passing that he was nearly eighty years old.

See also: passing

mention something to someone

to refer to something while talking to someone. Please mention it to your father. You had better not mention that to anyone.

not worth mentioning 

1. not important enough to require a comment. There are others, but they are not worth mentioning. A small number of books hint at the phenomenon, but they aren't worth mentioning.

2. [of an error or wrong] not worth apologizing for. This isn't a problem at all. It's not worth mentioning. No need to apologize to me. No harm done. It's not worth mentioning.

See also: worth

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don't mention it

it was no trouble “Thanks for lending me your bicycle.” “Don't mention it!”

Usage notes: used as a polite answer after someone has thanked you for something

mention (somebody/something) in passing

to refer to someone or something briefly while talking about something else During the interview, she mentioned in passing that her father had also been involved in publishing.

See also: passing

not to mention somebody/something

and also someone or something else Gaining weight didn't help her health, not to mention the high blood pressure that ran in her family. They don't have any of the players from that championship team anymore, not to mention manager Casey Stengel.

Usage notes: used to add emphasis to what you are saying

Related vocabulary: let alone do something