fore
The definition of fore is something that is in front.
(adjective)An example of fore is the location of the headlights on a car.
Fore is defined as a warning shouted to golfers to warn them that a golf ball has been hit in their direction.
(interjection)An example of fore is a warning you yell if you have just hit a golf ball into a nearby fairway where other golfers are standing.
See fore in Webster's New World College Dictionary
adverb
- at, in, or toward the bow of a ship
- Obsolete previously
Origin: ME < OE fore, foran, akin to Ger vor < IE base *per-, through, throughout, before > for, for-, L per
adjective
- situated in front or in front of some other thing or part
- Obsolete previous; former
noun
interjection
- before in time, place, order, or rank: forenoon, foreman
- the front part of: forehead
Origin: ME < OE: see fore
See fore in American Heritage Dictionary 4
adjective
- Located at or toward the front; forward.
- Earlier in order of occurrence; former.
- Something that is located at or toward the front.
- The front part.
- At, toward, or near the front; forward.
- At an earlier time.
Sports
Origin:
Origin: Middle English, beforehand, before, in front of
Origin: , from Old English; see per1 in Indo-European roots
.- Before; earlier: foredoom.
- In front of; front: foredeck.
Origin:
Origin: Middle English for-, fore-
Origin: , from Old English
Origin: , from fore, in front; see per1 in Indo-European roots
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