aforesaid

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US/əˈfɔɹsɛd/UK/əˈfɔːsɛd/

adjective

Previously stated; said or named before.

Similar
abovesaidabovementionedaforementionedmentionedsaidsame
Opposite
following
OriginMiddle English aforesaid(e) →
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Meanings

adjectiveaforesaid (not comparable)
  1. not comparablePreviously stated; said or named before.

    ARIEL: Well, as I was trying to do, before you came in and said all those things, my first step would be to torture the prisoner with the aforesaid electricity, wasn't it?

    2003, Martin McDonagh, “Act Three”, in The Pillowman, →ISBN, page 83
    1 more example

    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!

    1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter III, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume II, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 30

    Synonyms: abovesaid, abovementioned, aforementioned, mentioned

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivePreviously stated; said or named before.

Similar
abovesaidabovementionedaforementionedmentioned
Opposite
following

More synonyms by meaning

adjectivebeing the one previously mentioned or spoken of

Similar
aforementionedsaidsame
Also see
abovementionedabovesaidaforementionedbeforesaidsaidsame

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Middle Englishaforesaid(e)
  2. Englishaforesaid

From Middle English aforesaid(e), aforeseid(e), past participle of aforesayen, aforeseyen, aforeseien, aforeseggen; formed with the prefix afore- and the several forms of seien (“to say”). Equivalent to afore- + said.

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Translations

Arabic مَذْكُور آنِفًا
  • مَذْكُور آنِفًا (maḏkūr ʔānifan)previously stated
Bulgarian гореспоменат
  • гореспоменат (gorespomenat)previously stated
Catalan susdit
  • susditpreviously stated
Czech výše uvedený, výše zmíněný
  • výše uvedenýpreviously stated
  • výše zmíněnýpreviously stated
Finnish edellä mainittu, yllä mainittu
  • edellä mainittupreviously stated
  • yllä mainittupreviously stated
French susdit
  • susditpreviously stated
German vorstehend, oben gesagt
  • vorstehendpreviously stated
  • oben gesagtpreviously stated
Greek προαναφερθείς, προλεχθείς
  • προαναφερθείς (proanafertheís)previously stated
  • προλεχθείς (prolechtheís)previously stated
  • προειρημένος (proeiriménos)previously stated
Hindi पूर्वोक्त
  • पूर्वोक्त (pūrvokt)previously stated
Italian succitato, suddetto
  • succitatopreviously stated
  • suddettopreviously stated
Latin praedictus
  • praedictuspreviously stated
Polish wyżej wymieniony, wyżej wspomniany
  • wyżej wymienionypreviously stated
  • wyżej wspomnianypreviously stated
  • ww.previously stated
  • powyższypreviously stated
Russian вышеупомя́нутый, вышеука́занный
  • вышеупомя́нутый (vyšeupomjánutyj)previously stated
  • вышеука́занный (vyšeukázannyj)previously stated
  • вышеска́занный (vyšeskázannyj)previously stated
Spanish antedicho
  • antedichopreviously stated
Swedish förutnämnd
  • förutnämndpreviously stated
Ukrainian вищеска́заний
  • вищеска́заний (vyščeskázanyj)previously stated
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APA

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MLA

“aforesaid.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aforesaid. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “aforesaid,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aforesaid.

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