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Not To Mention

Definition: Not To Mention

Not To Mention

Adverb

1. Much less; "she can't boil potatoes, let alone cook a meal".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Synonym: Not To Mention

Synonym: let alone (adv). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Not To Mention

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Addition

With, withal; including, inclusive, as well as, not to mention, let alone; together with, along with, coupled with, in conjunction with; conjointly; jointly.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Not To Mention

Specialty definitions using "not to mention": deep miningReal Programmers Don't Use Pascal. (references)

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Modern Usage: Not To Mention

DomainUsage

Screenplays

That was irrational of you not to mention unsportsmanlike. (Blade Runner; writing credit: Philip K. Dick; Hampton Fancher)

Listen up, needle brain, Buffy and I have taken out four of your cronies, not to mention your girlfriend. (Buffy the Vampire Slayer; writing credit: Doreen Spicer)

Lest we let this place become a zoo not to mention a haven for ghorkins! (The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension; writing credit: Earl Mac Rauch)

Off the top of my head, I say, looking at a Bowski, a Jim Brown, two Jethro's and a Leon Spinx, not to mention the biggest Ella Fitzgerald. (Ocean's Eleven; writing credit: George Clayton Johnson; Jack Golden Russell)

There are some beautiful museums, not to mention some of the finest restaurants in the Core. (Firefly; writing credit: John Sullivan)

Lyrics

Not To Mention The Trees (Southern Nights; performing artist: GLEN CAMPBELL)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Not To Mention

DomainTitle

Books

  • Not to Mention Camels: A Wild Trip Through Time and Space (reference)

  • Not to Mention the War (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Not To Mention

SubjectTopicQuote

Business

A car-owner with a medium-size car spends approximately $1,000 annually just to possess a car. In the past five years, inflation and vehicle prices (up roughly 7.5%)have remained low; however, fuel prices (up 15%) and transfer of car ownership costs (up 25%) have soared, not to mention the prospected 50% increase in car insurance in 2001. The automotive sector is still weighed down by a tax load that dampens domestic demand. (references)

Economic History

Morocco

Clear and simple French-language operating instructions, plus, where possible, illustrations help the consumers, not to mention the sales force. (references)

Travel

Russia

European and Asian competitors, not to mention local firms. (references)

Sri Lanka

Narrow highways, dangerously driven intercity buses, overloaded trucks and a variety of vehicles ranging from ox carts to new four-wheel drive jeeps on the road make driving a challenge, not to mention dangerous. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Not To Mention

Language Translations for "not to mention"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Finnish

  

saatikka (all the more so, let alone, to say nothing of), saati (all the more so, let alone, to say nothing of). (various references)

   

German

  

geschweige. (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

況して (still less, still more, to say nothing of). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

おろか , まして (still less, still more, to say nothing of). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

otnay otay entionmay

   

Romanian

  

ca sã nu mai vorbim de (let alone). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

не говоря уже о (let alone, to say nothing of). (various references)

   

Welsh

  

heb so+n am. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Not To Mention

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

benesed, sed. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Anagrams: Not To Mention

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "e-i-m-n-n-n-o-o-o-t-t-t"

-4 letters: monotint, monotone, noontime, ointment.

-5 letters: emotion, mention, tontine.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Quotations: Non-fiction
7. Translations: Modern
8. Translations: Ancient
9. Anagrams
10. Bibliography


  

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