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PRONUNCIATION OF AFORETHOUGHT

aforethought  [əˈfɔːˌθɔːt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF AFORETHOUGHT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Aforethought is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES AFORETHOUGHT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of aforethought in the English dictionary

The definition of aforethought in the dictionary is premeditated.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH AFORETHOUGHT


afterthought
ˈɑːftəˌθɔːt
airport
ˈɛəˌpɔːt
bethought
bɪˈθɔːt
bought
bɔːt
brought
brɔːt
caught
kɔːt
court
kɔːt
export
ˈɛkspɔːt
forethought
ˈfɔːˌθɔːt
fort
fɔːt
forte
fɔːt
import
ɪmˈpɔːt
merrythought
ˈmɛrɪˌθɔːt
methought
mɪˈθɔːt
ort
ɔːt
ought
ɔːt
port
pɔːt
Porte
pɔːt
rethought
ˌriːˈθɔːt
thought
θɔːt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE AFORETHOUGHT

aflame
aflatoxin
afloat
aflutter
AFM
AFN
AFNOR
afocal
afoot
afore
aforehand
aforementioned
aforesaid
aforetime
afoul
afp
AFRAeS
afraid
afreet
afresh

WORDS THAT END LIKE AFORETHOUGHT

abought
besought
dreadnought
drought
fought
free thought
hard-fought
malice aforethought
New Thought
nought
overbought
overwrought
second thought
sought
taught
unbought
unsought
unthought
unwrought
well-wrought
wrought

Synonyms and antonyms of aforethought in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «aforethought» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF AFORETHOUGHT

Find out the translation of aforethought to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of aforethought from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «aforethought» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

预谋
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

y alevosía
570 millions of speakers

English

aforethought
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

aforethought
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

سبق الإصرار
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

умыслом
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

aforethought
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পূর্বকল্পিত
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

prémédité
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Aforethought
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Vorbedacht
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

故意
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

미리 생각한
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Aforethought
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

nghi trứơc
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

aforethought
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

आगाऊ विचार केला
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kasıtlı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

deliberato
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

premedytacją
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

умислом
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

premeditata
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

προμελετημένης
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

opzettelijk vermeld
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

LAGD
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

aforethought
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of aforethought

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «AFORETHOUGHT»

The term «aforethought» is regularly used and occupies the 82.522 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of aforethought
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «AFORETHOUGHT» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «aforethought» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «aforethought» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about aforethought

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «AFORETHOUGHT»

Discover the use of aforethought in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to aforethought and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Malice Aforethought
Malice Aforethought is the story of murder-one-the premeditated, cold-blooded killing and obliteration of the name and life-story of the world's greatest writing genius, William Shakespeare.
Paul Hemenway Altrocchi, 2010
2
Malice Aforethought
On a balmy summer's day in 1930 the great and the good of the county are out in force for the annual, much-anticipated tennis party at the Bickleighs, although not everyone has much enthusiasm for the game.
Francis Iles, 2012
3
With Malice Aforethought: The Execution of Nicola Sacco and ...
While the debate over their guilt may continue for some, With Malice Aforethought will end the argument for many. * * * * "A comprehensive history of shocking abuses of the criminal justice system that resulted in the conviction and ...
Theodore W. Grippo, 2011
4
Elusion Aforethought: The Life and Writing of Anthony ...
Elusion Aforethought provides significant new material on the work of crime and detection fiction writer Anthony Berkeley Cox, a popular and prolific English journalist, satirist, and novelist in the period between World Wars I and II. Cox ...
Malcolm J. Turnbull, 1996
5
With Malice Aforethought: A Study of the Crime and ...
While this book considers criminal homicide in its social, historical and legal setting, it also goes far beyond in setting out the case for fundamental reform.
Louis Jacques Blom-Cooper, Terence Morris, 2004
6
Mallets Aforethought: A Home Repair is Homicide Mystery
A clever culprit is not only building an airtight case against Ellie’s husband. He—or she—is planning to nail everyone who stands in the way. From the Hardcover edition.
Sarah Graves, 2004
7
Malice aforethought: how lawyers use our secret rules to get ...
Examines how greedy lawyers are poisoning the American legal system and why nothing is being done about it
David W. Marston, 1991
8
Malice Aforethought: The History of Booby Traps from World ...
Malice Aforethought covers the period from WWI to Vietnam, and examines the malicious use of explosives in booby traps and sabotage devices by all sides during this period.
Ian Jones, 2004
9
With mallets aforethought: a Winston Wyc mystery
Reluctantly traveling to upstate New York in order to help an amateur historian build a private Sturbridge Village-style restoration on the family estate, Winston Wyc becomes aware of the family's disapproval before an attempt is made on ...
Brian Johnston, 1995
10
Justice and Sheriff: Practical Forms, for the Use of ...
upon one E. F. feloniously, willfully, and of his malice aforethought, did make an assault, and a certain stone, of no value, which he, the said C. D., in his right hand then and there had and held, in and upon the right side of the head, near the ...
Samuel Dana Bell, Samuel Newell Bell, 1856

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «AFORETHOUGHT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term aforethought is used in the context of the following news items.
1
My own speech code
Authors from Mark Twain to Joseph Conrad, from William Faulkner to Flannery O'Connor, all have used the word without malice aforethought or ... «NWAOnline, Jul 15»
2
Beware Of “Neils” by Mark Winters |
I did it without malice aforethought, but that I did it at all is simply inexcusable. “I sincerely had no idea the extent to which I had let the Club, ... «10sBalls, Jul 15»
3
Murderer forgiven by victim's family in touching letter
“Are you satisfied of the malice aforethought he there and then deliberately endeavoured to shoot, and did shoot, the deceased. It is for you to ... «Daily Echo, Jul 15»
4
Going sour: sweet words in slang
... or a threat of force; the lips; and, slang's male viewpoint aforethought, the penis. Sometimes sweet can be taken literally, as in the short-order ... «OUPblog, Jul 15»
5
Murder charge filed against Sioux City man arrested for fatal stabbing
In it, Loomis cites Iowa code, saying Abdinur "with malice aforethought, willfully, deliberately and with premeditation killed another person ... «Sioux City Journal, Jul 15»
6
Eamon Carr: Ó Sé's poisonous ramblings do Gaelic football a …
... of a former great of the game and concentrate on doing what they do best - playing stylish, roboust football without malice aforethought. «Irish Independent, Jun 15»
7
Woman brings gun to courthouse
“There's no evidence that she had any malice aforethought to commit a crime,” Rousch said. Rousch said that courthouse security officers have ... «Illinois Times, Jun 15»
8
If we've won, why are we still explaining open source?
This was done with malice aforethought. And it was heartbreaking. The project was still successful for what it was—a research platform for ... «opensource.com, Jun 15»
9
Someone should pull the plug on UNRWA
With malice aforethought, no definition of “refugee” was included in the founding enactment, so that UNRWA was able to establish its own ... «Jerusalem Post Israel News, Jun 15»
10
National Affairs by Claire Hoy — Mulcair can't do it, and he knows it
In his current campaign to make crass political hay out of the ongoing Senate dispute, Mulcair is knowingly and with malice aforethought – as ... «Caledon Citizen, Jun 15»

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