"aforethought" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /əˈfɔː.θɔːt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /əˈfɔɹ.θɔt/ [General-American], /əˈfɔɹ.θɑt/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-aforethought.ogg [US], en-au-aforethought.ogg [Australia]
Etymology: From afore- + thought. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|afore|thought}} afore- + thought Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} aforethought (not comparable)
  1. (postpositive) Premeditated; planned ahead of time. Tags: not-comparable, postpositional Synonyms: planned [premeditated], premeditated [premeditated] Related terms: fore, forethought, malice aforethought, thought Translations (premeditated; planned ahead of time): مُدَبَّر (mudabbar) [masculine] (Arabic), مُبَيَّت (mubayyat) [masculine] (Arabic), предумишлен (predumišlen) (Bulgarian), roie-smooinit (Manx), rozmyślny [masculine] (Polish), z premedytacją (Polish), kasıtlı (Turkish), planlı (Turkish), planlanmış (Turkish)

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