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a fortiori

/ˌeɪ ˌfɔːɹtiˈɔːɹaɪ/US/ˌeɪ ˌfoɹʃiˈoɹˌaɪ/

a fortiori adjective: with stronger or greater reason; as a corollary implied by a stronger claim; even more so; all the more so; so much the more.

Adjective

a fortiori (comparative more a fortiori, superlative most a fortiori)

  1. (rhetoric) With stronger or greater reason; as a corollary implied by a stronger claim; even more so; all the more so; so much the more.

Adverb

a fortiori (comparative more a fortiori, superlative most a fortiori)

  1. (rhetoric) With stronger or greater reason; as a corollary implied by a stronger claim.
    • Now starting and stopping cannot themselves have starts or stops, or, a fortiori, middles either.1954, Gilbert Ryle, “dilemma vii: Perception”, in Dilemmas: The Tarner Lectures, 1953, The Syndics of the Cambridge University Press, page 103
    • We're bound to accept an a fortiori claim because of our prior acceptance of a weaker application of the same reasoning. Frank can't run to the store in less than five minutes, and the restaurant is several blocks further away than the store. Thus, a fortiori, Frank can't run to the restaurant in...2011, Mortimer Jerome Adler, How to Prove There Is a God

a fortiori meaning in Tamil and Persian

a fortiori in Tamil

உறுதிமெய், திண்ணிய மெய், மேலும் வலிய காரணத்தால்

a fortiori in Persian

Translations
به طریق اولی be tarighe owla

Forms of a fortiori

Adjective
comparativemore a fortiori
superlativemost a fortiori
Adverb
comparativemore a fortiori
superlativemost a fortiori

Origin of a fortiori

Unadapted borrowing from Medieval Latin ā fortiōrī.

Words that rhyme with a fortiori

Questions about a fortiori

What does a fortiori mean?
A fortiori means with stronger or greater reason; as a corollary implied by a stronger claim; even more so; all the more so; so much the more.
What is a fortiori in Tamil?
A fortiori in Tamil is உறுதிமெய், திண்ணிய மெய், மேலும் வலிய காரணத்தால். See A fortiori meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is a fortiori?
A fortiori can be an adjective or an adverb.
How do you pronounce a fortiori?
A fortiori is pronounced /ˌeɪ ˌfɔːɹtiˈɔːɹaɪ/ (UK).

Words near a fortiori in the dictionary

  1. a fool and his money are soon parted
  2. a foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds
  3. A for effort
  4. A formation
  5. a forteriori
  6. a fortiori
  7. a friend in need is a friend indeed
  8. a fry short of a Happy Meal
  9. a fuck sight
  10. A game
  11. A games

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: a fortiori (page history and authors); a fortiori (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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