Meaning of not to mention | Babel Free
Definitions
An apophasis used by a speaker to introduce, despite claiming not to address, a given point of discussion.
Equivalents
Español
para no hablar de
por no decir
por no hablar de
por no mencionar
sin hablar de
sin mencionar
Français
sans parler de
עברית
על אחת כמה וכמה
Italiano
senza parlare di
日本語
言わずもがな
Nederlands
om nog maar te zwijgen van
Português
sem falar de
Română
darămite
Русский
не говоря уже о
Svenska
för att inte tala om
Türkçe
bırak
Українська
не кажучи вже про
Examples
“The city was already having staffing difficulties, not to mention⟳ having a three million dollar budget shortfall.”
“In fact, the immortal tunemeister Irving Berlin wrote all three [songs], along with about 1,500 others, not to mention⟳ the scores for eighteen Hollywood films and nineteen Broadway musicals.”
“An artificial kidney these days still means a refrigerator-sized dialysis machine. Such devices mimic[…]real kidneys[…]. But they are nothing like⟳ as efficient, and can cause bleeding, clotting and infection—not to mention⟳ inconvenience for patients, who typically need⟳ to be hooked up to one three times a week for hours at a time.”
CEFR level
C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
See also
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