" fore "

[Noun]  | "fore" | \ ˈfȯr \

1: something that occupies a front position

Origin: 1637 ;

 See: ;

[Noun]  | "fore-and-aft*er" | \ ˌfȯr-ə-ˈnaf-tər \

1: a ship with a fore-and-aft rig; especially : schooner

Origin: 1823 ;

[Noun]  | "fore-and-aft rig" 

1: a sailing-ship rig in which most or all of the sails are not attached to yards but are bent to gaffs or set on the masts or on stays in a fore-and-aft line

Origin: 1879 ;

[Adverb]  | "fore" 

1: in, toward, or near the front : forward

2: at an earlier time or period

Origin: before 12th century ;

 Middle English, from Old English; akin to Old English for;

[Adverb]  | "fore and aft" 

1: lengthwise of a ship : from stem to stern

2: in, at, or toward both the bow and stern

3: in or at the front and back or the beginning and end

Origin: circa 1618 ;

[Adjective]  | "fore" 

1: situated in front of something else : forward

2: prior in order of occurrence : former

Origin: 15th century ;

 Fore-;

[Adjective]  | "fore-and-aft" | \ ˌfȯr-ə-ˈnaft \

1: lying, running, or acting in the general line of the length of a construction (such as a ship or a house) : longitudinal

2: having no square sails

Origin: 1820 ;

[Preposition]  | "fore" 

1: in the presence of

2: before

Origin: before 12th century ;

 See: ;

[Interjection]  | "fore" 

1: —used by a golfer to warn anyone within range of the probable line of flight of the ball

Origin: circa 1878 ;

 Probably short for before;

[Combining form]  | "fore-" 

1: earlier : beforehand

2: occurring earlier : occurring beforehand

3: situated at the front : in front

Origin: 

 Middle English for-, fore-, from Old English fore-, from fore, adverb;

[Adverb]  | "fore" 

[Adjective]  | "fore" 

[Preposition]  | "fore"