"to say nothing of" meaning in English

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Conjunction

IPA: /tʊ seɪ ˈnʌθɪŋ əv/ [Received-Pronunciation], /tə seɪ ˈnʌθɪŋ əv/ [General-American] Audio: en-au-to say nothing of.ogg [Australia]
Head templates: {{head|en|conjunction}} to say nothing of
  1. (idiomatic) An apophasis used to mention another important, usually related, point: not taking into account, not to mention, without considering. Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: let alone, not to mention, much less Related terms: apophasis Translations (apophasis used to mention another important, usually related, point): puhumattakaan (Finnish), sans compter (French), sans parler de (French), ganz zu schweigen von (German), nem is beszélve arról, hogy… (Hungarian), nem beszélve arról, hogy… (Hungarian), arról nem is beszélve, hogy… (Hungarian), 況して (mashite) (alt: まして) (Japanese), камоли (kamoli) (Macedonian), nie mówiąc już o (Polish), quanto mais (Portuguese), darămite (Romanian), не говоря уже о (ne govorja uže o) (Russian), kȁmoli (Serbo-Croatian), ка̏моли (Serbo-Croatian), akȁmoli (Serbo-Croatian), ака̏моли [archaic, proscribed] (Serbo-Croatian), da se i ne spominje [idiomatic] (Serbo-Croatian), nehovoriac o (Slovak), не ка́жучи вже про (ne kážučy vže pro) (Ukrainian)
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