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    [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" 


    1: as in before, frontward;




    [Adjective]  | "fore" 


    1: being at or in the forward part or surface of something;


      * e.g., " ... cats have five fore toes but only four hind toes "





    [Preposition]  | "fore" 


    1: earlier than;


      * e.g., " ... set out early with the hope of arriving fore the sunset "





    2: preceding in space;


      * e.g., " ... fore the stranger there swarmed a gaggle of curious street urchins "





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