Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- That can or may be mentioned.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Fit to be mentioned.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Worthy of note, or
important - adjective To say that a concept, or subject, can be openly talked about, or mentioned. Not
taboo .
Etymologies
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Examples
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"If we in public television can only make it clear that feelings are mentionable and manageable, we will have done a great service for mental health."
Jonathan Merritt: Restoration in the Land of Make-Believe: The Legacy of Fred Rogers Jonathan Merritt 2011
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"If we in public television can only make it clear that feelings are mentionable and manageable, we will have done a great service for mental health."
Jonathan Merritt: Restoration in the Land of Make-Believe: The Legacy of Fred Rogers Jonathan Merritt 2011
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If you mention ladies “unmentionables,” do they then become mentionable?
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The Obama administration's raison d'etre for the Afghan occupation -- the purported dismantling of Al Qaeda and elimination of breeding-ground conditions for transnational militants -- is as self-defeating as it is abstruse, an assessment proven out by this past weekend's terror strike in Portland at the hands of a Somali-born operative who tried to blow up a Christmas tree lighting ceremony and, although mentionable, said attack's FBI inducement is a polemic for another day.
Michael Hughes: Christmas in Portland: Occupying Afghanistan Does Not Make America Safer Michael Hughes 2010
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The Obama administration's raison d'etre for the Afghan occupation -- the purported dismantling of Al Qaeda and elimination of breeding-ground conditions for transnational militants -- is as self-defeating as it is abstruse, an assessment proven out by this past weekend's terror strike in Portland at the hands of a Somali-born operative who tried to blow up a Christmas tree lighting ceremony and, although mentionable, said attack's FBI inducement is a polemic for another day.
Michael Hughes: Christmas in Portland: Occupying Afghanistan Does Not Make America Safer Michael Hughes 2010
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In this consideration, it could be told that the performance of Bangladesh in Economic Activity in the year 2009 was mentionable and appreciating.
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And while my career has some mentionable highs, my romantic life is adorned with the quiet lows.
K'naan: My Life as an Artist: A Country Disguised as a Person 2010
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The Obama administration's raison d'etre for the Afghan occupation -- the purported dismantling of Al Qaeda and elimination of breeding-ground conditions for transnational militants -- is as self-defeating as it is abstruse, an assessment proven out by this past weekend's terror strike in Portland at the hands of a Somali-born operative who tried to blow up a Christmas tree lighting ceremony and, although mentionable, said attack's FBI inducement is a polemic for another day.
Michael Hughes: Christmas in Portland: Occupying Afghanistan Does Not Make America Safer Michael Hughes 2010
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And while my career has some mentionable highs, my romantic life is adorned with the quiet lows.
K'naan: My Life as an Artist: A Country Disguised as a Person K'naan 2010
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In this consideration, it could be told that the performance of Bangladesh in Economic Activity in the year 2009 was mentionable and appreciating.
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