aforementioned
- adjective
- /əˈfɔːrˌmɛnʃənd/
- Formal
- The committee discussed the aforementioned proposal during the last meeting.
- based on the aforementioned
- the aforementioned study
- the aforementioned research
So I got hired at CBS by the aforementioned Les Moonves.
- So I got hired at CBS by the aforementioned Les Moonves.
- Right now we have a third attitude with the aforementioned charwoman, who's a very interesting character.
- You can use be used poorly by aforementioned humans.
- I'm also with Pins, who has been quite mischievous today, getting in all sorts of aforementioned mischief while I'm trying to record podcasts.
- So the MFX units hardware accelerate the aforementioned AVC or HEVC and Doby Vision HDR content playback.
Examples
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In response to the aforementioned concerns, the company revised its policy.
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The aforementioned counties have been declared a weather emergency.
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The key difference is in the enforcement of the aforementioned rules.
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Although most available research data support the aforementioned proposition, there is not consensus.
Academic text (1994) -
If you do the word foreign, it almost all refers to the aforementioned border issue or tariffs.
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The American values that permeate the aforementioned aims could not be more American in nature.
Academic text (1994) -
The aforementioned two-thirds majority needed to pass an amendment.
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If I fail to receive the aforementioned remuneration before midnight, I'll contact them myself.
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In order to carry out the aforementioned goal, a portion of the Seventh Ward will be appropriated.
Fiction book (2002) -
For example, the aforementioned Procter and Gamble study reported favorable comfort ratings and few acute adverse events.
Synonyms
Mentioned earlier in the text or document
Mentioned earlier in the same text
Mentioned earlier in the same text or speech
Named earlier in this text
Mentioned earlier in the same document or statement
Mentioned earlier in the text or speech
A person or thing mentioned earlier, often in legal documents
The person or thing talked about most recently
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
aforementioned = mentioned (transparent) = afore + mention + ed
Formed by the prefix 'afore' (before) attaching to 'mentioned' (referred to), yielding a meaning that is directly inferable.
Etymology
The word aforementioned comes from the old word afore, which means 'before' and is like the common word before. With mentioned it literally means 'mentioned before', so it refers to something talked about earlier.