(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
If you ~ something, you say something about it, usually briefly.
She did not ~ her mother’s absence...
I may not have ~ed it to her...
I had ~ed that I didn’t really like contemporary music...
She shouldn’t have ~ed how heavy the dress was...
I felt as though I should ~ it as an option.
VERB: V n/-ing, V n to n, V that, V wh, V n as n
2.
A ~ is a reference to something or someone.
The statement made no ~ of government casualties...
N-VAR: oft N of n
3.
If someone is ~ed in writing, a reference is made to them by name, often to criticize or praise something that they have done.
I was absolutely outraged that I could be even ~ed in an article of this kind...
...Brigadier Ferguson was ~ed in the report as being directly responsible.
VERB: usu passive, be V-ed, be V-ed as n/adj
4.
If someone is ~ed as a candidate for something such as a job, it is suggested that they might become a candidate.
Her name has been ~ed as a favoured leadership candidate.
VERB: usu passive, be V-ed as n
5.
A special or honourable ~ is formal praise that is given for an achievement that is very good, although not usually the best of its kind.
So many people have helped me with this book that it is hard to pick out the few for special ~.
= commendation
N-VAR: with supp
6.
People sometimes say ‘don’t ~ it’ as a polite reply to someone who has just thanked them for doing something.
‘Thank you very much.’—‘Don’t ~ it.’
CONVENTION formulae
7.
You use not to ~ when you want to add extra information which emphasizes the point that you are making.
The audience, not to ~ the bewildered cast, were not amused...
PHRASE: PHR group emphasis