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fore definition

fore (fôr, fōr)

adverb

  1. at, in, or toward the bow of a ship
  2. Obsolete previously

Etymology: ME < OE fore, foran, akin to Ger vor < IE base *per-, through, throughout, before > for, for-, L per

adjective

  1. situated in front or in front of some other thing or part
  2. Obsolete previous; former

noun

the thing or part in front

Obsolete in the sight of; before: used chiefly in oaths, as in a court of law

interjection

Golf used as a shout warning players who are farther ahead that one is about to hit the ball
fore Idioms

to the fore

  1. to the front; into view; into prominence
  2. at hand; available
'fore definition

'fore (fôr, fōr)

Old Poet. before

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