Meanings
- not comparablePreviously mentioned.
It wasn't until later that we realized that the aforementioned caller and this taciturn man were the same person.
3 more examples
[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 201The tombs where they lay, rested, and slept to problem solve amongst one another telepathically were secured to the deck by crisscrossing to center heavy stainless-steel chains’ that encapsulated and encased each of the aforementioned Gods, Goddesses, and Princessian High Priestesses.
2020, Ignaziano Lafluer Garnier, The Pretender One the Intender, Xlibris, →ISBNDeMaio's problem with the resolution is in part related to the section calling out various anti-LBGTQ+ bills, which reads: "The aforementioned anti-LGBTQ+ bills disproportionately target TGI people and include efforts to prohibit access to lifesaving gender-affirming health care, […]
2025 June 26, Mandy Taheri, “Gay California Lawmaker Blasts 'Inflammatory' Pride resolution”, in NewsweekSynonyms: above-mentioned
- uncountableThe one or ones mentioned previously.
The judge read a list of prisoners' names. She then indicated that the aforementioned were to be set free.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivePreviously mentioned.
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Origin
Translations
Bulgarian гореспоменат
- гореспоменат (gorespomenat)previously mentioned
Catalan abans esmentat, ja esmentat
- abans esmentatpreviously mentioned
- ja esmentatpreviously mentioned
Chinese Mandarin 上述的
- 上述的 (shàngshù de)previously mentioned
Czech výše zmíněný
- výše zmíněnýpreviously mentioned
Danish førnævnt
- førnævntpreviously mentioned
Dutch voorgenoemde, eerder vernoemde
- voorgenoemdepreviously mentioned
- eerder vernoemdeone or ones mentioned previously
- voornoemdeone or ones mentioned previously
Finnish edellä mainittu
- edellä mainittupreviously mentioned
French susmentionné, suscité
- susmentionnépreviously mentioned
- suscitéone or ones mentioned previously
- leditone or ones mentioned previously
German obenerwähnt, vorher erwähnt
- obenerwähntpreviously mentioned
- vorher erwähntpreviously mentioned
- obengenanntpreviously mentioned
- oben genanntpreviously mentioned
- vorstehendpreviously mentioned
- das oben erwähnteone or ones mentioned previously
- das vorher erwähnteone or ones mentioned previously
Greek προαναφερθείς, προειρημένος
- προαναφερθείς (proanafertheís)previously mentioned
- προειρημένος (proeiriménos)previously mentioned
- προλεχθείς (prolechtheís)previously mentioned
- προαναφερόμενος (proanaferómenos)previously mentioned
Hindi उपर्युक्त, पूर्वोक्त
- उपर्युक्त (uparyukt)previously mentioned
- पूर्वोक्त (pūrvokt)previously mentioned
Hungarian említett, fent említett
- említettpreviously mentioned
- fent említettpreviously mentioned
Italian suddetto, suddetta
- suddettopreviously mentioned
- suddettapreviously mentioned
- sopraccennatopreviously mentioned
- anzidettopreviously mentioned
- sopraccitatopreviously mentioned
Japanese 前述の, 前述
- 前述の (zenjutsu no)previously mentioned
- 前述 (zenjutsu)one or ones mentioned previously
Korean 상기
- 상기 (sanggi)previously mentioned
Latin supradictus
- supradictuspreviously mentioned
Malay tersebut
- tersebutpreviously mentioned
Norwegian Bokmål førstnevnte
- førstnevnteone or ones mentioned previously
Polish wyżej wspomniany, powyżej wspomniany
- wyżej wspomnianypreviously mentioned
- powyżej wspomnianypreviously mentioned
- wcześniej wspomnianypreviously mentioned
- wyżej wymienionypreviously mentioned
- powyższypreviously mentioned
- wspomnianyone or ones mentioned previously
- ówone or ones mentioned previously
- wymienionyone or ones mentioned previously
Portuguese supracitado, sobredito
- supracitadopreviously mentioned
- sobreditopreviously mentioned
- já mencionadopreviously mentioned
- supracitadoone or ones mentioned previously
- sobreditoone or ones mentioned previously
- acima mencionadoone or ones mentioned previously
Russian вышеупомя́нутый, вышеска́занный
- вышеупомя́нутый (vyšeupomjánutyj)previously mentioned
- вышеска́занный (vyšeskázannyj)previously mentioned
Slovak spomínaný, menovaný
- spomínanýpreviously mentioned
- menovanýpreviously mentioned
- spomenutýpreviously mentioned
- spomínanýone or ones mentioned previously
- menovanýone or ones mentioned previously
- spomenutýone or ones mentioned previously
Spanish ya mencionado
- ya mencionadopreviously mentioned
Swedish förutnämnda, tidigare nämnda
- förutnämndaone or ones mentioned previously
- tidigare nämndaone or ones mentioned previously
Turkish adı geçen, mezkûr
- adı geçenpreviously mentioned
- mezkûrpreviously mentioned
- sözü geçenpreviously mentioned
- işbupreviously mentioned
Ukrainian вищезга́даний
- вищезга́даний (vyščezhádanyj)previously mentioned
Cite this entry
aforementioned. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aforementioned
“aforementioned.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aforementioned. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “aforementioned,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aforementioned.
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