abovementioned

See also: above-mentioned

English

Etymology

above + mentioned

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /əˌbʌvˈmɛnʃənd/
  • Hyphenation: above‧men‧tioned

Adjective

abovementioned (not comparable)

  1. (literary) mentioned above
    • 1881, "The Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut [1636-1776]", Connecticut, James Hammond Trumbull, Connecticut General Assembly, p. 543
      … bended that the abovementioned two officers and one hundred and thirty-four men may be quartered in the towns of New- haven, Wallingford and Brani'ord, …

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. You can put it before a cardinal like the abovementioned two papers instead of the two abovementioned papers.

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