fore

See also fore-, före, fôre, fóre, fòre, and foré

English

Etymology 1

A development of the prefix fore-.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /fɔː/
• (US) IPA: /fɔɹ/
• X-SAMPA: /"fo:/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)
• Homophones: for, four

Adjective

fore (comparative former, superlative foremost)

1. (obsolete) Former; occurring earlier (in some order); previous. [15th-18th c.]
2. Forward; situated towards the front (of something). [from 16th c.]
   • 1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor, Penguin 2011, p. 23:

     Crystal vases with crimson roses and golden-brown asters were set here and there in the fore part of the shop [...].

Antonyms

• (order): latter
• (location): aft

Translations

former; occurring earlier

• Dutch: eerste (nl), eerdere (nl)
• Finnish: edellinen (fi)

• Russian: ранний (ru) (ránnij)
• Swedish: tidigare (sv), före (sv)

forward; at or toward the front

• Dutch: voorste (nl), voor- (nl)
• Finnish: etu- (fi), keula- (fi)
• Maori: takamua (mi)
• Russian: передний (ru) (perédnij), носовой (ru) (nosovój); в носовой части (v nosovój části), впереди (ru) (vperedí)

• Swedish: för- (sv), fram- (sv), front- (sv)

Interjection

fore

1. (golf) An exclamation yelled to inform players a ball is moving in their direction.

Translations

in golf: yelled to inform players a ball is moving in their direction

• Finnish: fore (fi)

Noun

fore (uncountable)

1. The front; the foreward part of something; the foreground.

   The fore was painted white.

   • 2002, Mark Bevir, The Logic of the History of Ideas:

     People face a dilemma whenever they bring to the fore an understanding that appears inadequate in the light of the other beliefs they bring to bear on it.

Related terms

• fore-and-aft
• foremost
• forehead

Translations

front

• Dutch: voorkant (nl) m
• Finnish: etuosa (fi), keula (fi)

• Russian: нос (ru) (nos) m (of a ship), перед (ru) (péred) m, передняя часть (ru) (perédnjaja částʹ) f

Etymology 2

• inflected form of fare

Verb

fore

1. Simple past of fare.

Anagrams

• Freo
• froe
• o-fer

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French

Verb

fore

1. first-person singular present indicative of forer
2. third-person singular present indicative of forer
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of forer
4. first-person singular present subjunctive of forer
5. second-person singular imperative of forer

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Ido

Adjective

fore

1. far

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Latin

Noun

fore

1. ablative singular of foris

Verb

fore

1. future active infinitive of sum (in addition to the regular form futūrus esse). Also used in the construction fore ut in place of a future passive infinitive in indirect discourse. For example, Credo fore ut ea laudetur, "I believe she will be praised."

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Middle English

Noun

fore

1. fore

Numeral

fore

1. four

Conjunction

fore

1. therefore