Abovementioned

Origin

above + mentioned

Full definition of abovementioned

Adjective

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.

Synonyms

• aforementioned
• aforesaid
• mentioned
• previously mentioned