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aforethought

UK/əˈfɔː.θɔːt//əˈfɔɹ.θɔt/

aforethought adjective: premeditated; planned ahead of time.

Adjective

aforethought (not comparable)

  1. (postpositional) Premeditated; planned ahead of time.
    • This act was not merely wrong; it was clearly done with malice aforethought.

aforethought meaning in Urdu and Arabic

aforethought in Urdu

پیشگی سوچا گیا, پیشگی تعین شدہ, سوچا سَمجھا ہُوا, طے کَردَہ

aforethought in Arabic

premeditated; planned ahead of time
مُدَبَّر mudabbar, مُبَيَّت mubayyat

Synonyms of aforethought

Forms of aforethought

pluralaforethoughts

Origin of aforethought

From afore- + thought.

Questions about aforethought

What does aforethought mean?
Aforethought means premeditated; planned ahead of time.
What is aforethought in Urdu?
Aforethought in Urdu is پیشگی سوچا گیا, پیشگی تعین شدہ, سوچا سَمجھا ہُوا. See Aforethought meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is aforethought?
Aforethought is an adjective.
How do you pronounce aforethought?
Aforethought is pronounced /əˈfɔː.θɔːt/ (UK).

Words near aforethought in the dictionary

  1. aforestation
  2. aforestations
  3. aforested
  4. aforesting
  5. aforests
  6. aforethought
  7. aforetime
  8. aforetimes
  9. aforetold
  10. aforetyme
  11. aforetymes

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Adapted from Wiktionary: aforethought (page history and authors); aforethought (Urdu 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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