Definition a fortiori in British English

a fortiori adjective, adverb

adjective, adverb

/ˌeɪ fɔː(r)tiˈɔːraɪ/

From a Latin expression meaning ‘for an even stronger reason’.

used for saying that something that is true for one case is even more true in another case

Example

If this was the interpretation of the term in the 1916 Act, there is, a fortiori, no reason why it should not be similarly construed in the 1968 Act.

Synonyms and related words

ab initio actus reus a fortiori

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