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above-named

US/əˈbʌvˌneɪmd/

above-named adjective: mentioned or named before; aforesaid.

Adjective

above-named (not comparable)

  1. Mentioned or named before; aforesaid.
    • The Jewish fires were the heaviest blows we had had; for though the Waddingley Cotton-mills had been burnt in 1822, at a loss to the Company of 80,000£, and though the Patent Erostratus Match Manufactory had exploded in the same year at a charge of 14,000£, there were those who said that the loss...1841, William Makepeace Thackeray, The History of Samuel Titmarsh and the Great Hoggarty Diamond

Synonyms of above-named

Forms of above-named

alternative formabovenamed

Questions about above-named

What does above-named mean?
Above-named means mentioned or named before; aforesaid.
What part of speech is above-named?
Above-named is an adjective.
How do you pronounce above-named?
Above-named is pronounced /əˈbʌvˌneɪmd/ (US).

Words near above-named in the dictionary

  1. above-cited
  2. above-described
  3. above-ground
  4. above-line
  5. above-mentioned
  6. above-named
  7. above-quoted
  8. above-said
  9. above-specified
  10. above-stairs
  11. above-the-fold

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