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aforethought

a·fore·thought
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [uh-fawr-thawt, uh-fohr-]
    • /əˈfɔrˌθɔt, əˈfoʊr-/
    • /əˈfɔːθɔːt/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [uh-fawr-thawt, uh-fohr-]
    • /əˈfɔrˌθɔt, əˈfoʊr-/

Definitions of aforethought word

  • adjective aforethought premeditated (esp in the phrase malice aforethought) 3
  • adjective aforethought thought out beforehand; premeditated 3
  • adjective aforethought thought of previously; premeditated (usually used predicatively): with malice aforethought. 1
  • noun aforethought premeditation; forethought. 1
  • noun aforethought Premeditated; planned ahead of time. 1
  • adjective aforethought premeditated 1
See all 6 definitions of aforethought

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Origin of aforethought

First appearance:

before 1575
One of the 34% oldest English words
First recorded in 1575-85; afore + thought2

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Parts of speech for Aforethought

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
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aforethought popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 61% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for aforethought

adj aforethought

  • studied — marked by or suggestive of conscious effort; not spontaneous or natural; affected: studied simplicity.
  • premeditated — done deliberately; planned in advance: a premeditated murder.
  • advised — resulting from deliberation
  • intentional — done with intention or on purpose; intended: an intentional insult.
  • studious — disposed or given to diligent study: a studious boy.
All 69 Synonyms of aforethought

Antonyms for aforethought

adj aforethought

  • forgotten — a past participle of forget.
  • unplanned — a scheme or method of acting, doing, proceeding, making, etc., developed in advance: battle plans.
  • disregarded — to pay no attention to; leave out of consideration; ignore: Disregard the footnotes.
  • neglected — to pay no attention or too little attention to; disregard or slight: The public neglected his genius for many years.
  • unstudied — not studied; not premeditated or labored; natural; unaffected.
All 27 Antonyms of aforethought

Top questions with aforethought

  • what is malice aforethought?

Related words

  • malice aforethought

    a predetermination to commit an unlawful act without just cause or provocation (applied chiefly to cases of first-degree murder).

  • manslaughter

    Law. the unlawful killing of a human being without malice aforethought.

  • murder

    Law. the killing of another human being under conditions specifically covered in law. In the U.S., special statutory definitions include murder committed with malice aforethought, characterized by deliberation or premeditation or occurring during the commission of another serious crime, as robbery or arson (first-degree murder) and murder by intent but without deliberation or premeditation (second-degree murder)
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