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abovementioned

[ uh-buhv-men-shuh nd ]

/ əˈbʌvˌmɛn ʃənd /

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adjective

mentioned or written above: The role was sung by the abovementioned Mr. Phillips.

RELATED WORDS

prior, introductory, previous, preceding, head, lead, leading, foregoing, forward, pioneer, front, pioneering, anterior, antecedent, former, past, precedent, aforesaid, before, erstwhile

Nearby words

Origin of abovementioned

First recorded in 1700–10; above + mention + -ed²

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for abovementioned

Among the principal articles of export from the abovementioned islands is orchilla, a species of lichen.
Embassy to the Eastern Courts of Cochin-China, Siam, and Muscat|Edmund Roberts
This sentence was executed upon the abovementioned persons as here stated.
The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, V7, 1588-1591|Emma Helen Blair
Thus the state of Massachusetts has three times as much shipping as the four abovementioned states.
American Institutions and Their Influence|Alexis de Tocqueville et al.
I will send the abovementioned account as soon as the gentleman, who has promised to procure it for me, shall furnish me with it.
The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution, Vol. VIII|Various

He had been five months and three days from Boston, touching no where but at the abovementioned island.
An Account of the English Colony in New South Wales, Vol. 1|David Collins

Word Origin and History for abovementioned

abovementioned

adj.

1707, from above and past tense of mention. Above-named is recorded from c.1600.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper