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Definition of 'fore'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (adj.) fore
situated in front of something else.

2.  fore
first in place, time, order, rank, etc.; forward; earlier.

3.  fore
of or pertaining to a foremast.

4.  fore
being a sail, yard, boom, etc., or any rigging belonging to a fore lower mast or to some upper mast of a foremast.

5.  fore
situated at or toward the bow of a vessel; forward.

6. (adv.) fore
at or toward the bow of a vessel.

7.  fore
forward.

8.  fore
Obs. before.

9. (n.) fore
the forepart of anything; front.

10.  fore
the fore, the foremast.

11. (conj.) fore
Also, 'fore.Informal. before.

12.  fore
into a conspicuous place or position; to or at the front.

13. (interj.) fore
(used as a cry of warning on a golf course to persons who are in danger of being struck by a ball in flight.)

Etymology: (1875–80; prob. aph. var. of before)

Definition of 'fore'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (adj) bow, fore, prow, stem
front part of a vessel or aircraft
"he pointed the bow of the boat toward the finish line"

2. (adverb) fore(a)
situated at or toward the bow of a vessel

3. (adverb) fore, forward
near or toward the bow of a ship or cockpit of a plane
"the captain went fore (or forward) to check the instruments"

Definition of 'fore'

Webster Dictionary

1. (adverb) fore
in the part that precedes or goes first; -- opposed to aft, after, back, behind, etc

2. (adverb) fore
formerly; previously; afore

3. (adverb) fore
in or towards the bows of a ship

4. (adverb) fore
advanced, as compared with something else; toward the front; being or coming first, in time, place, order, or importance; preceding; anterior; antecedent; earlier; forward; -- opposed to back or behind; as, the fore part of a garment; the fore part of the day; the fore and of a wagon

5. (noun) fore
the front; hence, that which is in front; the future

6. fore
before; -- sometimes written 'fore as if a contraction of afore or before

7. (verb) fore
journey; way; method of proceeding

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