fore

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

A development of the prefix fore-.

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

fore (comparative former, superlative foremost)

  1. (obsolete) Former; occurring earlier (in some order); previous. [15th–18th c.]
    the fore part of the day
  2. Forward; situated towards the front (of something). [from 16th c.]
    • 1921, The Photographic Journal, page 8:
      The fore end of the tape is drawn out, and when the indicator points to this number the end is firmly fixed to the front of the camera.
    • 1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor, Penguin, published 2011, page 23:
      Crystal vases with crimson roses and golden-brown asters were set here and there in the fore part of the shop []

Antonyms[edit]

Translations[edit]

Interjection[edit]

fore

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

Translations[edit]

Noun[edit]

fore (uncountable)

  1. The front; the forward part of something; the foreground.
    • 1953, Samuel Beckett, Watt, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Grove Press, published 1959, →OCLC:
      The waiting-room was now less empty than Watt had at first supposed, to judge by the presence, some two paces to Watt's fore, and as many to his right, of what seemed to be an object of some importance.
    • 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.

Translations[edit]

Adverb[edit]

fore (not comparable)

  1. In the part that precedes or goes first; opposed to aft, after, back, behind, etc.
  2. (obsolete) Formerly; previously; afore.
  3. (nautical) In or towards the bows of a ship.
    Antonym: aft

Derived terms[edit]

Anagrams[edit]

Cornish[edit]

Noun[edit]

fore

  1. Mixed mutation of bore.

Esperanto[edit]

Etymology[edit]

for +‎ -e

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ˈfore]
  • Rhymes: -ore
  • Hyphenation: fo‧re

Adverb[edit]

fore

  1. far away

French[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

fore

  1. inflection of forer:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

Ido[edit]

Etymology[edit]

for +‎ -e

Adverb[edit]

fore

  1. (far) away, afar

Latin[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun[edit]

fore

  1. ablative singular of foris

Etymology 2[edit]

Formally present active infinitive corresponding to fuī (I have been), irregular perfect indicative of sum (I am). From Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- (to become, be), cognate with Old English bēo (I become, I will be, I am). In classical Latin, the fu- forms of sum are mostly limited to the perfect tenses, but old Latin has alternate present and imperfect subjunctive forms fuam and forem (for classical sim and essem) suggesting the root could once be fully conjugated. After being incorporated in the conjugation of sum, the meaning of fore shifted from the original "to become" to the classical "to be going to be".

Alternative forms[edit]

Verb[edit]

fore

  1. future active infinitive of sum
Usage notes[edit]
  • Also used in the construction fore ut in place of a future passive infinitive in indirect discourse:
    Crēdō fore ut ea laudētur.
    I believe it would be that she will be praised.
    (literally, “I believe it to be going to be that she is praised.”)

References[edit]

  • fore”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • fore”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • fore in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • fore in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette

Middle English[edit]

Noun[edit]

fore

  1. fore

Descendants[edit]

  • Scots: fore
  • English: fore

Numeral[edit]

fore

  1. four

Conjunction[edit]

fore

  1. therefore

Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

  • fóre

Noun[edit]

fore f (definite singular fora, indefinite plural forer, definite plural forene)

  1. behaviour
  2. footprints, tracks
  3. (economics) ability, standing

Etymology 2[edit]

Derived from for (travel), from Old Norse fǫr, but made a weak noun. From earlier Proto-Germanic *farō.

Alternative forms[edit]

  • fòre

Noun[edit]

fore f (definite singular fora, indefinite plural forer, definite plural forene)

  1. alternative form of for

Etymology 3[edit]

From fòr (furrow).

Alternative forms[edit]

Verb[edit]

fore (present tense forar, past tense fora, past participle fora, passive infinitive forast, present participle forande, imperative fore/for)

  1. to furrow

Etymology 4[edit]

Inherited from Old Norse fóðra.

Alternative forms[edit]

Verb[edit]

fore (present tense forar, past tense fora, past participle fora, passive infinitive forast, present participle forande, imperative fore/for)

  1. to fodder animals
    1. to breed, raise
  2. to gather food, fodder
  3. to feed
Related terms[edit]
  • fôr n (fodder)

Etymology 5[edit]

Made from fôr (lining of clothes)

Alternative forms[edit]

Verb[edit]

fore (present tense forar, past tense fora, past participle fora, passive infinitive forast, present participle forande, imperative fore/for)

  1. (transitive) to line (clothes)
  2. (transitive) to clad with covering layers

Etymology 6[edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective[edit]

fore

  1. inflection of for:
    1. definite singular
    2. plural

References[edit]

Swedish[edit]

Verb[edit]

fore

  1. (dated) past subjunctive of fara

Anagrams[edit]

Welsh[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

fore

  1. Soft mutation of bore (morning).

Mutation[edit]

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
bore fore more unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.