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fore2    Audio Help   [fawr, fohr] Pronunciation Key
–interjection Golf.
(used as a cry of warning to persons on a course who are in danger of being struck by the ball.)
[Origin: 1875–80; prob. aph. var. of before]
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–adjective
1.situated at or toward the front, as compared with something else.
2.first in place, time, order, rank, etc.; forward; earlier.
3.Nautical.
a.of or pertaining to a foremast.
b.noting a sail, yard, boom, etc., or any rigging belonging to a fore lower mast or to some upper mast of a foremast.
c.noting any stay running aft and upward to the head of a fore lower mast or to some specified upper mast of a foremast: fore topmast stay.
d.situated at or toward the bow of a vessel; forward.
–adverb
4.Nautical. at or toward the bow.
5.forward.
6.Obsolete. before.
–noun
7.the forepart of anything; front.
8.the fore, Nautical. the foremast.
–preposition, conjunction
9.Also,'fore. Informal. before.
—Idioms
10.fore and aft, Nautical. in, at, or to both ends of a ship.
11.to the fore,
a.into a conspicuous place or position; to or at the front.
b.at hand; ready; available.
c.still alive.
[Origin: by construal of fore- as an adj., hence nominalized; fore and aft perh. as trans. of D or LG; sense “before” (defs. 6, 9) perh. continuation of ME, OE fore in this sense, or as aph. form of afore]
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Thesaurus Entries
  Synonym Collection v1.1Cite This Source
Main Entry:  fore
Part of Speech:  adverb
Synonyms:  advanced, ahead, antecedent, earlier, former, forward, front, near, previously, prior
Source:  Synonym Collection v1.1
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  Roget's II: The New ThesaurusCite This Source
Main Entry:  front
Part of Speech:  noun
Definition:  The part of someone or something facing the viewer.
Synonyms:  forepart
Source:  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
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