FORE | Meaning, Definition In Cambridge English Dictionary

Meaning of fore in English forenoun uk /fɔːr/ us /fɔːr/  to the fore Add to word list Add to word list to public attention or into a noticeable position: Various ecological issues have come to the fore since the discovery of the hole in the earth's ozone layer. See more foreadverb [ before noun ], adjective uk /fɔːr/ us /fɔːr/ (especially on ships) towards or in the front Synonyms anterior specialized forward (DIRECTION) front Opposite astern Terms for location & direction used at sea

• abaft
• adrift
• afloat
• aft
• aground
• amidships
• ashore
• astern
• cast
• cast someone adrift idiom
• deck
• inshore
• keep afloat
• longshore
• offshore
• onshore
• out
• overboard
• shore

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Ahead, in front and beyond foreexclamation uk /fɔːr/ us /fɔːr/ used in golf to warn people that a ball is travelling through the air: We yelled, "Fore!" If you play golf, there's a good chance you're going to get hit. That's why everybody yells, "Fore!"

• "Fore!" yelled his playing partners, who then started laughing uproariously.
• His weak chip on to the green could possibly have been the result of a cry of "fore!" from another hole as he was halfway through his backswing.
• We heard someone behind us shout, "Fore!" A moment later a small ball thudded to the ground close by.

Linguistics: interjections

• aiyo
• attaboy
• attagirl
• auf Wiedersehen
• aw shucks
• bless you! idiom
• doctor
• guess
• hip
• lordy
• marry
• mazel tov
• more
• more power to your elbow! idiom
• roll
• yech
• yeet
• yoicks
• yoink
• you know something? idiom

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Golf fore-prefix uk /fɔːr-/ us /fɔːr-/ at or towards the front: the forelegs (= front legs) of a horse the foreground (= things that seem nearest to you) of a picture Surfaces of objects

• -backed
• base
• bases
• bed
• dorsiventral
• escutcheon
• face
• front
• meniscus
• multi-sided
• nap
• obverse
• outside
• overlay
• plate
• rear
• side
• substrate
• superficialis
• surface area

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Ahead, in front and beyond (Definition of fore from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

fore | American Dictionary

forenoun us /fɔr, foʊr/ Add to word list Add to word list a noticeable or public position: The presidential campaign has brought the issue of big political contributions to the fore. The fore is also the front, or a position at the front. foreadjective, adverb [ not gradable ] us /fɔr, foʊr/ in or toward the front part of something, esp. a boat (Definition of fore from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of fore

fore Following are shown the range of intervention prices for sides, hinds and fores of beef. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They cannot go far away and hunt down these small cruisers, quickly moving fore's which are attacking the trade routes. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Even in official iconography the sexuality of the monarch was often thrust to the fore. From the Cambridge English Corpus Therefore, it was important in this study to keep patients' vulnerability to the fore. From the Cambridge English Corpus The disputes resulting from these actions brought to the fore the differences in claims being made over the irrigation schemes. From the Cambridge English Corpus Now gender rather than generational differences between rural and urban populations are coming to the fore. From the Cambridge English Corpus A significant positive correlation between the length of fore femur and the number of scales was detected in all treatments (table 6). From the Cambridge English Corpus The researchers interact with their ' fore-meanings ' or assumptions. From the Cambridge English Corpus Syntactic constructions are not hyphenated or written as one word, just as they are not fore-stressed. From the Cambridge English Corpus In this figure the angle is measured from the fore stagnation point. From the Cambridge English Corpus However, the measured pressure distributions show some fore-and-aft asymmetry and the maximum thickness is slightly downwind of the half-chord point. From the Cambridge English Corpus At times, the vested interests of professional groups have come to the fore. From the Cambridge English Corpus The war brought financiers and industrialists to the fore for various reasons. From the Cambridge English Corpus Due to the challenging nature of the fore-mentioned control design problem, many researches attacked it proposing different types of controllers. From the Cambridge English Corpus When the system of compulsory retirement was defended, four arguments came to the fore. From the Cambridge English Corpus See all examples of fore These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. What is the pronunciation of fore, fore-?

Translations of fore

in Chinese (Traditional) 向（尤指船隻）前部（的）, 在（尤指船隻）前部（的）, 前部的… See more in Chinese (Simplified) 向（尤指船只）前部（的）, 在（尤指船只）前部（的）, 前部的… See more in Spanish anterior… See more Need a translator?

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