Fore Definition

fôr
adjective
Situated in front or in front of some other thing or part.
Webster's New World
Previous; former.
Webster's New World
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noun
Something that is located at or toward the front.
American Heritage
The thing or part in front.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
adverb
At, in, or toward the bow of a ship.
Webster's New World
At an earlier time.
American Heritage
Previously.
Webster's New World
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preposition
Before.
American Heritage
In the sight of; before.
Webster's New World

Before.

Webster's New World
interjection
Used as a shout warning players who are farther ahead that one is about to hit the ball.
Webster's New World
prefix
Before; earlier.
Foredoom.
American Heritage
In front of; front.
Foredeck.
American Heritage
affix
Before in time, place, order, or rank.
Forenoon, foreman.
Webster's New World
The front part of.
Forehead.
Webster's New World
pronoun
A people of Papua New Guinea.
Wiktionary
Their language.
Wiktionary

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Origin of Fore

  • Middle English, from Old English fōr(e)-, from Proto-Germanic *fura-, *furai- (“before, in front of, for"), from Proto-Indo-European *per-, *pr- (“before, formerly; through, throughout"). Akin to Old Saxon and Old High German fora-, Gothic 𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌰- (faura-) (see 𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌰 (faura)).

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English for-, fore- from Old English from fore in front per1 in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Middle English beforehand, before, in front of from Old English per1 in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • ME < OE: see fore

    From Webster's New World College Dictionary, 5th Edition

Fore Sentence Examples

  • The hair in front is combed down over the fore.

  • Fore feet with five sub-equal toes, with compressed, slightly curved pointed claws.

  • In North America Mylodon was accompanied by another gigantic species typifying the genus Megalonyx, in which the fore part of the skull was usually wide, and the third and fourth front toes carried claws.

  • The feet are small, each with five claws, those of the fore feet strongest, and fitted for scratching and digging.

  • In the township there are several villages, including Weymouth, North Weymouth, East Weymouth and South Weymouth, and the smaller villages of Weymouth Centre, Weymouth Heights, Lovell's Corner, Nash's Corner and Old Spain, and there are also four islands, Round, Grape, Slate and Sheep. The mainland itself is largely a peninsula lying between the Weymouth Fore river and the Weymouth Back river, to the west and east respectively.

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