"aforethought" meaning in English

See aforethought in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /əˈfɔː.θɔːt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /əˈfɔɹ.θɔt/ [General-American], /əˈfɔɹ.θɑt/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-aforethought.ogg , en-au-aforethought.ogg
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 (Polish), umyślny (Polish), kasıtlı (Turkish), planlı (Turkish), planlanmış (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-aforethought-en-adj--InRQ~Eb Categories (other): English adjectives commonly used as postmodifiers, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with afore-, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Manx translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English adjectives commonly used as postmodifiers: 100 0 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 100 0 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with afore-: 100 0 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 100 0 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 100 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 100 0 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 100 0 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 100 0 Disambiguation of Terms with Manx translations: 100 0 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 100 0 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 100 0

Noun

IPA: /əˈfɔː.θɔːt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /əˈfɔɹ.θɔt/ [General-American], /əˈfɔɹ.θɑt/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-aforethought.ogg , en-au-aforethought.ogg Forms: aforethoughts [plural]
Etymology: From afore- + thought. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|afore|thought}} afore- + thought Head templates: {{en-noun}} aforethought (plural aforethoughts)
  1. Tags: no-gloss
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