fore
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology 1
A development of the prefix fore-.
[edit] Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA: /fɔː/
- (US) IPA: /fɔɹ/
- SAMPA: /"fo:/
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Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)
- Homophones: for, four
[edit] Adjective
fore (comparative former, superlative foremost)
- (obsolete) Former; occurring earlier (in some order); previous. [15th-18th c.]
- 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 [...].
- 1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor, Penguin 2011, p. 23:
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[edit] Translations
former; occurring earlier
forward; at or toward the front
[edit] Interjection
fore
- (golf) An exclamation yelled to inform players a ball is moving in their direction.
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[edit] Noun
fore (uncountable)
- 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.
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[edit] Etymology 2
- inflected form of fare
[edit] Verb
fore
- Simple past of fare.
[edit] Anagrams
[edit] French
[edit] Verb
fore
- first-person singular present indicative of forer
- third-person singular present indicative of forer
- first-person singular present subjunctive of forer
- first-person singular present subjunctive of forer
- second-person singular imperative of forer
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[edit] Adjective
fore
[edit] Latin
[edit] Noun
fore
- ablative singular of for
[edit] Middle English
[edit] Noun
fore
- fore
[edit] Numeral
fore
[edit] Conjunction
fore
