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English
Etymology
above + mentioned
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /əˌbʌvˈmɛnʃənd/
- Hyphenation: above‧men‧tioned
Adjective
abovementioned (not comparable)
- (literary) mentioned above
- 1881, "The Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut ", 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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