further to

adverb formal

Definition

› COMMUNICATIONS used in business letters to refer to an earlier letter, conversation, meeting, etc.: Further to our recent telephone conversation, we are writing to confirm details of the forthcoming conference.

(Definition of further to adverb from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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