Etymology
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From afore- said
Pronunciation
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IPA (key ) : /əˈfɔɹsɛd/ Audio (Southern England) (file )
Adjective
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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 , [ … ] 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
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When it modifies a noun phrase, it is generally preceded by the definite article the determiner rather than a simple adjective. You can put it before a cardinal like the aforesaid two articles instead of the two aforesaid articles .
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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)
