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aforementioned

/əˈfɔːˌmɛn.ʃənd/US/əˈfɔɹˌmɛn.ʃənd/

aforementioned adjective: previously mentioned.

Adjective

aforementioned (not comparable)

  1. Previously mentioned.
    • It wasn't until later that we realized that the aforementioned caller and this taciturn man were the same person.
    • [T]hree of the five said animals which I left behind and which are in your grace's charge. These aforementioned three donkeys I hereby order immediately transferred as payment for others herewith received [...].Part 1 published in 1605, Part 2 in 1615, translated in 2003, Miguel de Cervantes and translated by Edith Grossman, Don Quixote, page 201
    Synonyms:
    above-mentioned

Noun

aforementioned (uncountable)

  1. The one or ones mentioned previously.
    • The judge read a list of prisoners' names. She then indicated that the aforementioned were to be set free.

aforementioned meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Telugu

aforementioned in Hindi

previously mentioned
उपर्युक्त uparyukt, पूर्वोक्त pūrvokt

aforementioned in Tamil

முன்குறிப்பிட்ட, முற்குறிப்பிட்ட, முன்கூறப்பட்ட, முன்சொல்லப்பட்ட

aforementioned in Urdu

مذکورہ بالا

aforementioned in Telugu

previously mentioned
ముందు పేర్కొన్న mundu pērkonna
More languagesFewer languages
aforementioned in Malayalam
ടി, തൊട്ടുമുമ്പത്തെ
aforementioned in Punjabi
ਉਪਰੋਕਤ uparokat
aforementioned in Nepali
माथि उल्लिखित
aforementioned in Malay
tersebut

Examples of aforementioned in a sentence

  • Turning it into a chatbot requires an extra step, the aforementioned reinforcement learning with human feedback: RLHF.
  • This is incredibly apparent in “Who’s Afraid of Little Old Me?” where the aforementioned asylum lyric appears.
  • It's about diapers, more specifically diapercritters, and the conversion of people into the aforementioned living diapers.

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Synonyms of aforementioned

Antonyms

All synonyms and antonyms of aforementioned

Origin of aforementioned

From afore- + mentioned.

Questions about aforementioned

What does aforementioned mean?
Aforementioned means previously mentioned.
What is aforementioned in Hindi?
Aforementioned in Hindi is उपर्युक्त (uparyukt), पूर्वोक्त (pūrvokt). See Aforementioned meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is aforementioned?
Aforementioned can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce aforementioned?
Aforementioned is pronounced /əˈfɔːˌmɛn.ʃənd/ (UK).

Words near aforementioned in the dictionary

  1. aforehand
  2. aforeidentified
  3. aforeknown
  4. aforelinked
  5. aforelisted
  6. aforementioned
  7. aforenamed
  8. aforenarrated
  9. aforeness
  10. aforenoted
  11. aforequoted

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: aforementioned (page history and authors); aforementioned (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); aforementioned (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); aforementioned (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਉਪਰੋਕਤ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); aforementioned (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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