fore 
(fôr)
(fôr)adj.
1. Located at or toward the front; forward.
2. Earlier in order of occurrence; former.
n.
1. Something that is located at or toward the front.
2. The front part.
adv.
1. At, toward, or near the front; forward.
2. At an earlier time.
prep. also 'fore
Before.
interj.
Sports
Idiom: Sports
Used by a golfer to warn those ahead that a ball is headed in their direction.
to the fore
In, into, or toward a position of prominence: A new virtuoso has come to the fore.
[Middle English, beforehand, before, in front of, from Old English; see per1 in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]