Standard Lemma guide

aforementioned

adj · noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /əˈfɔːˌmɛn.ʃənd/
  • Received-Pronunciation, nonstandard: /ˈæfəˌmɛn.ʃənd/
  • Received-Pronunciation, nonstandard: /ˈæfɔːˌmɛn.ʃənd/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /əˈfɔɹˌmɛn.ʃənd/
  • General-American, nonstandard: /ˈæfəɹˌmɛn.ʃənd/
  • General-American, nonstandard: /ˈæfɔɹˌmɛn.ʃənd/
  • CMU ARPABET: AH0 F AO1 R M EH2 N SH AH0 N D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Previously mentioned.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • It wasn't until later that we realized that the aforementioned caller and this taciturn man were the same person.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The one or ones mentioned previously.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Examples

  • The judge read a list of prisoners' names. She then indicated that the aforementioned were to be set free.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From afore- + mentioned.

Across languages

Translations

85 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: lartpërmendur — previously mentioned
  • Azerbaijani: sözügedən — previously mentioned
  • Bulgarian: гореспоменат (gorespomenat) — previously mentioned
  • Catalan: abans esmentat — previously mentioned
  • Catalan: ja esmentat — previously mentioned
  • Chinese Mandarin: 上述的 (shàngshù de) — previously mentioned
  • Czech: výše zmíněný — previously mentioned
  • Danish: førnævnt — previously mentioned
  • Dutch: voorgenoemde — previously mentioned
  • Finnish: edellä mainittu — previously mentioned
  • French: susmentionné — previously mentioned
  • West-Frisian: niisneamd — previously mentioned
  • Galician: devandito — previously mentioned
  • Galician: antedito — previously mentioned
  • Georgian: ზემოთხსენებული (zemotxsenebuli) — previously mentioned
  • Georgian: ზემოხსენებული (zemoxsenebuli) — previously mentioned
  • Georgian: ზემონახსენები (zemonaxsenebi) — previously mentioned
  • Georgian: ზემოაღნიშნული (zemoaɣnišnuli) — previously mentioned
  • Georgian: ზემოთქმული (zemotkmuli) — previously mentioned
  • Georgian: ზემოდასახელებული (zemodasaxelebuli) — previously mentioned
  • Georgian: ზემონაჩვენები (zemonačvenebi) — previously mentioned
  • Georgian: ზემოთ გადმოცემული (zemot gadmocemuli) — previously mentioned
  • Georgian: ზემოთ მოხსენიებული (zemot moxseniebuli) — previously mentioned
  • Georgian: ზემოთ თქმული (zemot tkmuli) — previously mentioned
  • Georgian: ზემოთ ხსენებული (zemot xsenebuli) — previously mentioned
  • German: obenerwähnt — previously mentioned
  • German: vorher erwähnt — previously mentioned
  • German: obengenannt — previously mentioned
  • German: oben genannt — previously mentioned
  • German: vorstehend — previously mentioned
  • Greek: προαναφερθείς (proanafertheís) — previously mentioned
  • Greek: προειρημένος (proeiriménos) — previously mentioned
  • Greek: προλεχθείς (prolechtheís) — previously mentioned
  • Greek: προαναφερόμενος (proanaferómenos) — previously mentioned
  • Hindi: उपर्युक्त (uparyukt) — previously mentioned
  • Hindi: पूर्वोक्त (pūrvokt) — previously mentioned
  • Hungarian: említett — previously mentioned
  • Hungarian: fent említett — previously mentioned
  • Italian: suddetto — previously mentioned
  • Italian: suddetta — previously mentioned
  • Italian: sopraccennato — previously mentioned
  • Italian: anzidetto — previously mentioned
  • Italian: sopraccitato — previously mentioned
  • Japanese: 前述の (zenjutsu no) — previously mentioned
  • Korean: 상기 (sanggi) — previously mentioned
  • Latin: supradictus — previously mentioned
  • Old English: foresprecen — previously mentioned
  • Polish: wyżej wspomniany — previously mentioned
  • Polish: powyżej wspomniany — previously mentioned
  • Polish: wcześniej wspomniany — previously mentioned
  • Polish: wyżej wymieniony — previously mentioned
  • Portuguese: supracitado — previously mentioned
  • Portuguese: sobredito — previously mentioned
  • Portuguese: já mencionado — previously mentioned
  • Russian: вышеупомя́нутый (vyšeupomjánutyj) — previously mentioned
  • Russian: вышеска́занный (vyšeskázannyj) — previously mentioned
  • Slovak: spomínaný — previously mentioned
  • Slovak: menovaný — previously mentioned
  • Slovak: spomenutý — previously mentioned
  • Spanish: ya mencionado — previously mentioned
  • Telugu: ముందు పేర్కొన్న (mundu pērkonna) — previously mentioned
  • Turkish: adı geçen — previously mentioned
  • Turkish: mezkûr — previously mentioned
  • Turkish: sözü geçen — previously mentioned
  • Turkish: işbu — previously mentioned
  • Ukrainian: вищезга́даний (vyščezhádanyj) — previously mentioned
  • Dutch: eerder vernoemde — one or ones mentioned previously
  • Dutch: voornoemde — one or ones mentioned previously
  • French: suscité — one or ones mentioned previously
  • French: ledit — one or ones mentioned previously
  • German: das oben erwähnte — one or ones mentioned previously
  • German: das vorher erwähnte — one or ones mentioned previously
  • Japanese: 前述 (zenjutsu) — one or ones mentioned previously
  • Norwegian Bokmål: førstnevnte — one or ones mentioned previously
  • Polish: wspomniany — one or ones mentioned previously
  • Polish: ów — one or ones mentioned previously
  • Polish: wymieniony — one or ones mentioned previously
  • Portuguese: supracitado — one or ones mentioned previously
  • Portuguese: sobredito — one or ones mentioned previously
  • Portuguese: acima mencionado — one or ones mentioned previously
  • Slovak: spomínaný — one or ones mentioned previously
  • Slovak: menovaný — one or ones mentioned previously
  • Slovak: spomenutý — one or ones mentioned previously
  • Swedish: förutnämnda — one or ones mentioned previously
  • Swedish: tidigare nämnda — one or ones mentioned previously
Real reading context

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