fore

See also: Fore, fóre, foré, forè, fôre, före, főre, fore-, føre, and 'fore

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *per-
Proto-Indo-European *preh₂-der.
Proto-Indo-European *pr̥h₂ey
Proto-Germanic *furai
Proto-West Germanic *forē
Old English foran
Middle English fore
English fore

    Inherited from Middle English fore. Compare the prefix fore-.

    Pronunciation

    Adjective

    fore (no comparative, superlative foremost)

    1. (obsolete) Former; occurring earlier (in some order); previous. [15th–18th c.]
      the fore part of the day
    2. (uncommon outside of nautical usage) Forward; situated towards the front (of something). [from 16th c.]
      • 1921, The Photographic Journal, page 8:
        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.
      • 1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor, Penguin, published 2011, page 23:
        Crystal vases with crimson roses and golden-brown asters were set here and there in the fore part of the shop […]

    Antonyms

    • (antonym(s) of “order”): latter
    • (antonym(s) of “location”): aft

    Translations

    Interjection

    fore

    2. (golf) An exclamation yelled to inform players a ball is moving in their direction.

    Translations

    Noun

    fore (uncountable)

    1. The front; the forward part of something; the foreground.
      • 1953, Samuel Beckett, Watt, [Paris]: Olympia Press, →OCLC:
        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.
      • 2002, Mark Bevir, The Logic of the History of Ideas:
        People face a dilemma whenever they bring to the fore an understanding that appears inadequate in the light of the other beliefs they bring to bear on it.
      2. (nautical) The front part of a vessel.
        Synonyms: bow, stem, forestem, prow, prore
        Antonyms: stern, aft, poop
        in the fore of the ship

    Translations

    Adverb

    fore (not comparable)

    1. In the part that precedes or goes first; opposed to aft, after, back, behind, etc.
    2. (obsolete) Formerly; previously; afore.
    3. (nautical) In or towards the bows of a ship.
      Antonym: aft
      fore and aft

    Derived terms

    Anagrams

    Cornish

    Noun

    fore

    1. mixed mutation of bore

    Esperanto

    Etymology

    Etymology tree
    German fortder.
    English forthder.
    Esperanto for
    Proto-Italic *-ēd
    Old Latin -ēd
    Latin -ebor.
    Russian -е (-e)influ.
    ▲
    Polish -einflu.
    Czech -einflu.
    Esperanto -e
    Esperanto fore

      From for + -e.

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /ˈfore/
      • Rhymes: -ore
      • Syllabification: fo‧re

      Adverb

      fore

      1. far away

      Further reading

      Finnish

      Etymology

      From English fore.

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /ˈfoːr/, [ˈfo̞ːr]
      • Rhymes: -oːr

      Interjection

      fore

      1. (golf) fore

      French

      Pronunciation

      Verb

      fore

      1. inflection of forer:
        1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
        2. second-person singular imperative

      Ido

      Etymology

      for +‎ -e

      Adverb

      fore

      1. (far) away, afar

      Italian

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /ˈfɔ.re/
      • Rhymes: -ɔre
      • Hyphenation: fò‧re

      Preposition

      fore

      1. (archaic, literary) alternative form of fuori
        1. out, outside, outwards (towards the outside)
          • late 13th century, Guido Guinizelli, Al cor gentil rempaira sempre amore [Love always dwells in the noble heart]‎[1], lines 11–12, 15–17; republished in Gianfranco Contini, editor, Poeti italiani del Duecento, volume 2, Milan; Naples: Riccardo Ricciardi, 1960:
            Foco d’amore in gentil cor s’aprende
            come vertute in petra prezïosa,
            […]
            poi che n’ha tratto fòre
            per sua forza lo sol ciò che li è vile,
            stella li dà valore
            The flame of love seizes the noble heart like virtue [does] a gem, […] after the Sun has brought out of it, through its might, what of it is lowly; a star gives it value

      Latin

      Pronunciation

      Etymology 1

        See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

        Noun

        fore

        1. ablative singular of foris

        Etymology 2

        Formally present active infinitive corresponding to fuī (“I have been”), irregular perfect indicative of sum (“to be”). From Proto-Italic *fuiezi (s-derivative verbal noun of *fuiō), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- (“to become, be”), cognate with Old English bēo (“to become, will be; to be”). In classical Latin, the fu- forms of sum are mostly limited to the perfect tenses, but old Latin has alternate present and imperfect subjunctive forms fuam and forem (for classical sim and essem) suggesting the root could once be fully conjugated. After being incorporated in the conjugation of sum, the meaning of fore shifted from the original "to become" to the classical "to be going to be".

        Alternative forms

        Verb

        fore

        1. future active infinitive of sum
        Usage notes
        • Also used in the construction fore ut in place of a future passive infinitive in indirect discourse:
          Crēdō fore ut ea laudētur.
          I believe it would be that she will be praised.
          (literally, “I believe it to be going to be that she is praised.”)

        References

        • “fore”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
        • “fore”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
        • "fore", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
        • “fore”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

        Middle English

        Etymology 1

          Inherited from Old English foran.

          Noun

          fore

          1. fore
          Descendants
          • Scots: fore
          • English: fore

          Conjunction

          fore

          1. therefore

          Etymology 2

          Noun

          fore

          1. (Early Middle English, Worcestershire) alternative form of fere (“fear”)

          Etymology 3

          Numeral

          fore

          1. alternative form of four

          Norwegian Nynorsk

          Etymology 1

          Alternative forms

          • fóre

          Noun

          fore f (definite singular fora, indefinite plural forer, definite plural forene)

          1. behaviour
          2. footprints, tracks
          3. (economics) ability, standing

          Etymology 2

          Derived from for (“travel”), from Old Norse fǫr, but made a weak noun. From earlier Proto-Germanic *farō.

          Alternative forms

          • fòre

          Noun

          fore f (definite singular fora, indefinite plural forer, definite plural forene)

          1. alternative form of for

          Etymology 3

          From fòr (“furrow”).

          Alternative forms

          Verb

          fore (present tense forar, past tense fora, past participle fora, passive infinitive forast, present participle forande, imperative fore/for)

          1. to furrow

          Etymology 4

          Inherited from Old Norse fóðra.

          Alternative forms

          Verb

          fore (present tense forar, past tense fora, past participle fora, passive infinitive forast, present participle forande, imperative fore/for)

          1. to fodder animals
            1. to breed, raise
          2. to gather food, fodder
          3. to feed
          • fôr n (“fodder”)

          Etymology 5

          Made from fôr (“lining of clothes”)

          Alternative forms

          Verb

          fore (present tense forar, past tense fora, past participle fora, passive infinitive forast, present participle forande, imperative fore/for)

          1. (transitive) to line (clothes)
          2. (transitive) to clad with covering layers

          Etymology 6

          See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

          Adjective

          fore

          1. inflection of for:
            1. definite singular
            2. plural

          References

          Old English

          Etymology 1

          Verb

          fōre

          1. second-person singular preterite indicative of faran

          Etymology 2

          Preposition

          fore

          1. alternative form of for

          Swedish

          Verb

          fore

          1. (dated) past subjunctive of fara

          Anagrams

          Welsh

          Pronunciation

          Noun

          fore

          1. soft mutation of bore (“morning”)

          Mutation

          Mutated forms of bore
          radical soft nasal aspirate
          bore fore more unchanged

          Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
          All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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