"not to mention" meaning in English

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Conjunction

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  1. (idiomatic) An apophasis used by a speaker to introduce, despite claiming not to address, a given point of discussion. Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: to say nothing of Related terms: apophasis, let alone, much less Translations (much less): نَاهِيكَ عَن (nāhīka ʕan) (Arabic), هٰذَا عَدَا عَنْ (hāḏā ʕadā ʕan) (Arabic), 更不用說 (Chinese Mandarin), 更不用说 (gèng bùyòng shuō) (Chinese Mandarin), 何況 (Chinese Mandarin), 何况 (hékuàng) (Chinese Mandarin), nemluvě (Czech), for ikke at nævne (Danish), for ikke at tale om (Danish), om nog maar te zwijgen van (Dutch), puhumattakaan (Finnish), saati (Finnish), sans parler de (French), zugeschweigen [archaic] (German), ganz zu schweigen von (German), שֶׁלֹּא לְדַבֵּר עַל (Hebrew), nem is beszélve (Hungarian), hvað þá heldur (Icelandic), nesto (Ingrian), senza parlare di (Italian), for ikke å snakke om (Norwegian), nie mówiąc o (Polish), nie mówiąc już o (Polish), nie wspominając o (Polish), nie wspominając już o (Polish), co dopiero (Polish), sem falar de (Portuguese), darămite (Romanian), не говоря́ уже́ о (ne govorjá užé o) (Russian), gun luaidh (Scottish Gaelic), sin mencionar (Spanish), por no hablar de (Spanish), para no hablar de (Spanish), por no decir (Spanish), för att inte tala om (Swedish), bırak [colloquial] (Turkish), не ка́жучи вже про (ne kážučy vže pro) (Ukrainian), heb sôn am (Welsh)
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      "roman": "ne kážučy vže pro",
      "sense": "much less",
      "word": "не ка́жучи вже про"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "much less",
      "word": "heb sôn am"
    }
  ],
  "word": "not to mention"
}

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