to refer to or speak about briefly or incidentally
2.
to acknowledge or honour
3. not to mention something
noun
4.
a recognition or acknowledgment
5.
a slight reference or allusion
he only got a mention in the article
the author makes no mention of that
6.
the act of mentioning
7. philosophy, logic, linguistics
the occurrence (of an expression) in such a context that it is itself referred to rather than performing its own linguistic function. In "Fido" names Fido, the word Fido is first mentioned and then used to refer to the dog