fore
adjective
[ fɔː ]
• situated or placed in front.
• "the fore and hind pairs of wings"
fore
noun
• the front part of something, especially a ship.
fore
exclamation
• called out as a warning to people in the path of a golf ball.
fore
preposition
• non-standard form of before.
• "'fore you know it, you're in trouble"
Origin:
Old English (as a preposition, also in the sense ‘before in time, previously’): of Germanic origin; related to Dutch voor and German vor . The adjective and noun represent the prefix fore- used independently (late 15th century).
fore-
combining form
• (added to verbs) in front.
• "foreshorten"
• (added to nouns) situated in front of.
• "forecourt"
Origin:
Old English (see fore).
to the fore
• in or to a conspicuous or leading position.
• "the succession issue came to the fore"
