fore-


fore-

pref.1. Before; earlier: foredoom.2. In front of; front: foredeck.
[Middle English for-, fore-, from Old English, from fore, in front; see per in Indo-European roots.]

fore-

prefix 1. before in time or rank: foresight; forefather; foreman. 2. at or near the front; before in place: forehead; forecourt. [Old English, from fore (adv)]

fore1

(fɔr, foʊr)

adj. 1. situated in front of something else. 2. first in place, time, order, rank, etc.; forward; earlier. 3. a. of or pertaining to a foremast. b. being a sail, yard, boom, etc., or any rigging belonging to a fore lower mast or to some upper mast of a foremast. c. situated at or toward the bow of a vessel; forward. adv. 4. at or toward the bow of a vessel. 5. forward. 6. Obs. before. n. 7. the forepart of anything; front. 8. the fore, the foremast. prep., conj. 9. Also, 'fore.Informal. before. Idioms: 1. fore and aft, in, at, or to both ends of a ship. 2. to the fore, into a conspicuous place or position; to or at the front.

fore2

(fɔr, foʊr)

interj. (used as a cry of warning on a golf course to persons who are in danger of being struck by a ball in flight.) [1875–80; probably aph. variant of before]

fore-

a prefix meaning “before” (in space, time, condition, etc.) ( forecast; foretaste; forewarn), “front” (forehead; forefront), “preceding” ( forefather), “superior” (foreman). [comb. form representing Middle English, Old English fore in front, before, c. Old Saxon, Old High German fora, Gothic faura]