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Fore definition

fôr
Earlier in order of occurrence; former.
adjective
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Before; earlier.

Foredoom.

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Located at or toward the front; forward.
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Something that is located at or toward the front.
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Situated in front or in front of some other thing or part.
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Before, in front of.
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At, toward, or near the front; forward.
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Before.
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Fore is defined as a warning shouted to golfers to warn them that a golf ball has been hit in their direction.

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.

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The definition of fore is something that is in front.

An example of fore is the location of the headlights on a car.

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Used by a golfer to warn those ahead that a ball is headed in their direction.
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In front of; front.

Foredeck.

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At, in, or toward the bow of a ship.
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(obs.) Previously.
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(obs.) Previous; former.
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The thing or part in front.
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(obs.) In the sight of; before.
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(golf) Used as a shout warning players who are farther ahead that one is about to hit the ball.
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The front part of.

Forehead.

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A people of Papua New Guinea.
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Their language.
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The front part.
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At an earlier time.
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Before in time, place, order, or rank.

Forenoon, foreman.

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to the fore
  • In, into, or toward a position of prominence:
    A new virtuoso has come to the fore.
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to the fore
  • to the front; into view or into prominence
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Idioms and Phrasal Verbs

Origin of fore

  • ME < OE: see fore

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

  • 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

  • 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

Fore Sentence Examples

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

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

  • 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.

  • 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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