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Fore
//fɔː// adj, adv, intj, name, noun
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Former; occurring earlier (in some order); previous. no-comparative, obsolete
"the fore part of the day"
- 2 Forward; situated towards the front (of something). no-comparative
"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."
Adjective
- 1 situated at or toward the bow of a vessel wordnet
Adverb
- 1 In the part that precedes or goes first; opposed to aft, after, back, behind, etc. not-comparable
- 2 Formerly; previously; afore. not-comparable, obsolete
"The eyes, fore duteous, now converted are."
- 3 In or towards the bows of a ship. not-comparable
"fore and aft"
Adverb
- 1 near or toward the bow of a ship or cockpit of a plane wordnet
Intj
- 1 An exclamation yelled to inform players a ball is moving in their direction.
Proper Noun
- 1 Their language.
- 2 A surname.
Noun
- 1 The front; the forward part of something; the foreground. uncountable
"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."
- 2 A people of Papua New Guinea. plural, plural-only
- 3 front part of a vessel or aircraft wordnet
- 4 The front; the forward part of something; the foreground.; The front part of a vessel. uncountable
"in the fore of the ship"
Etymology
Etymology 1
A development of the prefix fore-.
Etymology 2
A development of the prefix fore-.
Etymology 3
A development of the prefix fore-.
Etymology 4
A development of the prefix fore-.
Etymology 5
From the German surname, Americanized from Fahr, from the noun Fähre (“ferry”).
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