aforesaid

English

Etymology

From afore- +‎ said.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /əˈfɔɹsɛd/
Audio (Southern England): (file)

Adjective

aforesaid (not comparable)

Previously stated; said or named before.
- 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter III, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume II, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 30:
  I soon took pity upon them and on myself, and rode off; but before I had crossed the aforesaid green glade, I heard their voices and laughter rising gaily as before. Very impertinent!

Usage notes

When it modifies a noun phrase, it is generally preceded by the definite article the, and the combination functions as a determiner rather than a simple adjective. It can be placed before a cardinal like the aforesaid two articles instead of the two aforesaid articles.

Synonyms

Antonyms

following

Translations

previously stated

Arabic: مَذْكُور آنِفًا (maḏkūr ʔānifan)
Bulgarian: гореспоменат (gorespomenat)
Catalan: susdit
Czech: výše uvedený, výše zmíněný
Finnish: edellä mainittu (fi), yllä mainittu (fi)
French: susdit (fr)
Georgian: ზემოთხსენებული (zemotxsenebuli), ზემოხსენებული (zemoxsenebuli), ზემონახსენები (zemonaxsenebi), ზემოაღნიშნული (zemoaɣnišnuli), ზემოთქმული (zemotkmuli), ზემოდასახელებული (zemodasaxelebuli), ზემონაჩვენები (zemonačvenebi), ზემოთ გადმოცემული (zemot gadmocemuli), ზემოთ მოხსენიებული (zemot moxseniebuli), ზემოთ თქმული (zemot tkmuli), ზემოთ ხსენებული (zemot xsenebuli)
German: vorstehend (de), oben gesagt
Greek: προαναφερθείς m (proanafertheís), προλεχθείς m (prolechtheís), προειρημένος (el) m (proeiriménos)
Hindi: पूर्वोक्त (hi) (pūrvokt)
Italian: succitato (it), suddetto (it)
Latin: praedictus (la)
Occitan: abansdich, subredich, susdich
Old English: fōrsprecen, bufansprecen
Polish: wyżej wymieniony, wyżej wspomniany, ww. (pl)
Russian: вышеупомя́нутый (ru) (vyšeupomjánutyj), вышеука́занный (ru) (vyšeukázannyj)
Spanish: antedicho (es), sobredicho, susodicho (es)
Swedish: förutnämnd (sv)