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fore

1

[ fawr ]

adjective

  1. situated at or toward the front, as compared with something else.
  2. previous; earlier:

    cities that existed in a fore time.

  3. Nautical.
    1. of or relating to a foremast.
    2. noting a sail, yard, boom, etc., or any rigging belonging to a fore lower mast or to some upper mast of a foremast.
    3. noting any stay running aft and upward to the head of a fore lower mast or to some specified upper mast of a foremast:

      fore topmast stay.

    4. situated at or toward the bow of a vessel; forward.

adverb

  1. Nautical. at or toward the bow.
  3. Obsolete. before.

noun

  1. the forepart of anything; front.
  2. the fore, Nautical. the foremast.

preposition

  1. Also 'fore. Informal. before.

fore

2

[ fawr, fohr ]

interjection

Golf.
  1. (used as a cry of warning to persons on a course who are in danger of being struck by the ball.)

fore-

3
  1. a prefix meaning “before” (in space, time, condition, etc.), “front,” “superior,” etc.:

    forehead; forecastle; forecast; foretell; foreman.

fore-

1

prefix

  1. before in time or rank

    foresight

    forefather

    foreman

  2. at or near the front; before in place

    forehead

    forecourt

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fore

2

/ ɔː /

adjective

  1. usually in combination located at, in, or towards the front

    the forelegs of a horse

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noun

  1. the front part
  2. something located at, in, or towards the front
  3. short for foremast
  4. fore and aft
    located at or directed towards both ends of a vessel

    a fore-and-aft rig

  5. to the fore
    1. to or into the front or conspicuous position
    2. alive or active

      is your grandfather still to the fore?

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adverb

  1. at or towards a ship's bow
  2. obsolete.
    before
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preposition

  1. a less common word for before
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fore

3

/ ɔː /

interjection

  1. (in golf) a warning shout made by a player about to make a shot
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of fore1

By construal of fore- as an adjective, hence nominalized; fore and aft perhaps as translation of Dutch or Low German; sense “before” fore 1( defs 6, 9 ) perhaps continuation of Middle English, Old English fore in this sense, or as shortening of afore

Origin of fore2

First recorded in 1875–80; probably shortening of before

Origin of fore3

Combining form representing Middle English, Old English for ( e )
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of fore1

Old English, from fore (adv)

Origin of fore2

Old English; related to Old Saxon, Old High German fora , Gothic faura , Greek para , Sanskrit pura

Origin of fore3

C19: probably short for before
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Idioms and Phrases

  1. fore and aft, Nautical. in, at, or to both ends of a ship.
  2. to the fore,
    1. into a conspicuous place or position; to or at the front.
    2. at hand; ready; available.
    3. still alive.

More idioms and phrases containing fore

  • to the fore
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Sussex are back after nine years away with their homegrown talent very much to the fore, bolstered by West Indies Test bowler Jayden Seales and Australian batter Daniel Hughes.

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Once restrictions on public gatherings eased, the world’s reopening brought to the fore how socially feral we’d become.

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But which nations are equipped to step to the fore as the US stands back?

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With an average age of 23 years and four days, it was the second-youngest team named in this edition of the Nations League, and the youthful talent came to the fore.

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