aforementioned

From afore- +‎ mentioned.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /əˈfɔːˌmɛn.ʃənd/, (nonstandard) /ˈæfəˌmɛn.ʃənd/, (nonstandard) /ˈæfɔːˌmɛn.ʃənd/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /əˈfɔɹˌmɛn.ʃənd/, (nonstandard) /ˈæfəɹˌmɛn.ʃənd/, (nonstandard) /ˈæfɔɹˌmɛn.ʃənd/

aforementioned (not comparable)

1. Previously mentioned.

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

   • 2020, Ignaziano Lafluer Garnier, The Pretender One the Intender, Xlibris, →ISBN:

     The 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.

   • 2025 June 26, Mandy Taheri, “Gay California Lawmaker Blasts 'Inflammatory' Pride resolution”, in Newsweek‎^[1]:

     DeMaio'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, […]

• 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 also occur before a cardinal as in the aforementioned two papers instead of the two aforementioned papers, though the latter is also acceptable.
• No verb *aforemention exists.

• above-mentioned
• abovementioned
• aforesaid
• mentioned

• following
• undermentioned

• last-mentioned

• hereinbefore
• heretofore

aforementioned (uncountable)

1. (uncountable) The one or ones mentioned previously.

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

• abovementioned
• aforesaid
• mentioned

• following
• undermentioned