fore

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

English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

A development of the prefix fore-.

Adjective

fore (comparative former, superlative foremost)

  1. (obsolete) Former; occurring earlier (in some order); previous. [15th-18th c.]
    the fore part of the day
  2. Forward; situated towards the front (of something). [from 16th c.]
    the fore end of a wagon
    • 1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor, Penguin 2011, p. 23:
      Crystal vases with crimson roses and golden-brown asters were set here and there in the fore part of the shop […]
Antonyms
Translations

Interjection

fore

  1. (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.
    The fore was painted white.
    • 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.
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.
    • Shakespeare
      The eyes, fore duteous, now converted are.
  3. (nautical) In or towards the bows of a ship.

Etymology 2

Verb

fore

  1. simple past tense of fare

Anagrams

Cornish

Noun

fore

  1. Mixed mutation of bore.

Esperanto

Etymology

for +‎ -e

Adverb

fore

  1. far away

French

Verb

fore

  1. first-person singular present indicative of forer
  2. third-person singular present indicative of forer
  3. first-person singular present subjunctive of forer
  4. first-person singular present subjunctive of forer
  5. second-person singular imperative of forer

Ido

Etymology

for +‎ -e

Adverb

fore

  1. (far) away, afar

Latin

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈfo.re/, [ˈfɔ.rɛ]

Etymology 1

See foris.

Noun

fore

  1. ablative singular of foris

Etymology 2

Formally present active infinitive corresponding to fui (“I have been”), irregular perfect indicative of sum (“I am”). From Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- (“to become, be”), cognate with Old English bēo (“I become, I will be, I am”). 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".

Verb

fore

  1. future active infinitive of sum (in addition to the regular form futūrus esse).
  2. Also used in the construction fore ut in place of a future passive infinitive in indirect discourse.
    Crēdō fore ut ea laudētur
    I believe she will be 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’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • fore in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Middle English

Noun

fore

  1. fore

Descendants

Numeral

fore

  1. four

Conjunction

fore

  1. therefore

Welsh

Pronunciation

Noun

fore

  1. Soft mutation of bore (“morning”).

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
bore fore more unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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