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Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: fore- prefix - before in time or rank: foresight, forefather, foreman
- at or near the front; before in place: forehead, forecourt
Etymology: Old English, from fore (adv) fore1 /fɔr/USA pronunciation adj. [before a noun]- situated in front:the fore part of a boat.
adv. - Nautical, Naval Termsat or toward the front of a vessel;
forward.
n. [countable* usually singular] - the forepart of anything;
front.
Idioms- Idioms, Naval Terms fore and aft, in, at, or to both ends of a ship.
- Idioms to the fore:
- Idiomsinto a conspicuous place or position.
fore2 /fɔr/USA pronunciation interj. - Sport(used as a cry of warning by a golfer to persons in danger of being struck by a ball in flight).
fore-, prefix. - fore- is attached to nouns and means:
- before (in space, time, condition, etc.):fore- + -cast → forecast (= prediction before weather comes);fore- + taste → foretaste (= a taste before the event takes place);fore- + warn → forewarn (= to warn ahead of time).
- front:fore- + head → forehead (= front of the head).
- preceding:fore- + father → forefather (= father that came before).
- superior:fore- + man → foreman (= superior to the other workers).
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024fore1 (fôr, fōr),USA pronunciation adj. - situated at or toward the front, as compared with something else.
- first in place, time, order, rank, etc.;
forward;
earlier. - [Naut.]
- Naval Termsof or pertaining to a foremast.
- Naval Termsnoting a sail, yard, boom, etc., or any rigging belonging to a fore lower mast or to some upper mast of a foremast.
- Nauticalnoting 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.
- Naval Termssituated at or toward the bow of a vessel;
forward.
adv. - Nautical, Naval Termsat or toward the bow.
- forward.
- [Obs.]before.
- Nautical, Naval Terms fore and aft, in, at, or to both ends of a ship.
n. - the forepart of anything;
front. - Nautical, Naval Terms the fore, the foremast.
- to the fore:
- Idiomsinto a conspicuous place or position;
to or at the front. - Idiomsat hand;
ready;
available. - Idiomsstill alive.
prep., conj. - Informal TermsAlso, 'fore. before.
- by construal of fore- as an adjective, adjectival, hence nominalized; fore and aft perh. as translation of Dutch or Low German; sense "before'' (defs. 6, 11) perh. continuation of Middle English, Old English fore in this sense, or as aphetic form of afore
- Sport(used as a cry of warning to persons on a course who are in danger of being struck by the ball.)
- probably aphetic variant of before 1875–80
- a prefix meaning "before'' (in space, time, condition, etc.), "front,'' "superior,'' etc.:forehead; forecast;foretell;foreman.
- combining form representing Middle English, Old English for(e)
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