different between former vs aforesaid
former
English
Alternative forms
- fmr / fmr.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?f??m?/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?f??m?/
- Rhymes: -??(?)m?(?)
Etymology 1
From Middle English former, comparative of forme (“first”), from Old English forma (“first”), descended from Proto-Germanic *frumô. Parallel to prior (via Latin), as comparative form from same Proto-Indo-European root. Related to first and fore (thence before), from Proto-Germanic.
Adjective
former (comparative form only)
- Previous.
- At half-past nine on this Saturday evening, the parlour of the Salutation Inn, High Holborn, contained most of its customary visitors. […] In former days every tavern of repute kept such a room for its own select circle, a club, or society, of habitués, who met every evening, for a pipe and a cheerful glass.
- First of aforementioned two items. Used with the, often without a noun.
Synonyms
- (previous): erstwhile, sometime, whilom, wont-to-be; see also Thesaurus:former
Antonyms
- (previous): next; see also Thesaurus:subsequent
- (first of aforementioned two items): latter
Translations
Etymology 2
form +? -er
Noun
former (plural formers)
- Someone who forms something; a maker; a creator or founder.
- Dave was the former of the company.
- An object used to form something, such as a template, gauge, or cutting die.
- The brick arch was built using a wooden former.
- (chiefly Britain, used in combinations) Someone in, or of, a certain form (class).
- Fifth-former.
- Sixth-former.
Derived terms
- pan former
Anagrams
- Reform, re-form, reform
Danish
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
IPA(key): [?f??m?]
Noun
former c
- indefinite plural of form
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
IPA(key): [?f??m?]
Verb
former
- present of forme
Etymology 3
Pronunciation
IPA(key): [f??me???]
Verb
former or formér
- imperative of formere
French
Etymology
From Old French, borrowed from Latin f?rm? (“to form”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /f??.me/
Verb
former
- to form (generic sense)
- to shape (to make into a certain shape)
- to train; to educate
Conjugation
Related terms
- formation
- forme
Further reading
- “former” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Latin
Verb
f?rmer
- first-person singular present passive subjunctive of f?rm?
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
former m or f
- indefinite plural of form
Verb
former
- present of forme
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
former f
- indefinite plural of form
Swedish
Noun
former
- indefinite plural of form
Anagrams
- reform
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aforesaid
English
Etymology
From afore- +? said.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??f??s?d/
Adjective
aforesaid (not comparable)
- Previously stated; said or named before.
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 aforesaid two articles instead of the two aforesaid articles.
Synonyms
- abovesaid
- abovementioned
- aforementioned
- mentioned
Antonyms
- following
Translations
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