foregoing
adj.adj. the things that were just mentioned or written before this point. You use it to refer back to information you already gave.
adj. previously stated, mentioned, or written. Typically used in formal or legal contexts to refer to preceding text.
The foregoing points explain why we need a change.
Based on the foregoing evidence, the committee has decided to approve the proposal immediately.
The judge ruled that the foregoing arguments were insufficient to warrant a retrial, as they failed to introduce any truly novel information to the case.
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Typically used as an attributive adjective before a noun, or as a noun phrase ('the foregoing') to refer to a previous statement.
the forgoing pointsthe foregoing pointsLearners often omit the 'e'; 'forgoing' is the present participle of 'forgo' (to do without), while 'foregoing' means 'preceding'.