a fortiori
With stronger or greater reasonWith stronger or greater reason; as a corollary implied by a stronger claim.
» If they are allergic to nuts, then a fortiori they are allergic to almonds.
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1 senses(rhetoric)With stronger or greater reason; as a corollary implied by a stronger claim.
a fortiori
with greater reason; for a still stronger, more certain reason
Examples
1 sentencesIf they are allergic to nuts, then a fortiori they are allergic to almonds.
Translations
5 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
Unadapted borrowing from Medieval Latin ā fortiōrī.Unadapted borrowing from Medieval Latin ā fortiōrī.
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Forms
more a fortiori, most a fortiori| Comparative | more a fortiori Lesson |
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| Superlative | most a fortiori |
regular
Word family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.