Fore (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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adjective
  1. situated at or toward the front, as compared with something else.
  2. previous; earlier: cities that existed in a fore time.
  3. Nautical.
    • of or relating to a foremast.
    • noting a sail, yard, boom, etc., or any rigging belonging to a fore lower mast or to some upper mast of a foremast.
    • noting any stay running aft and upward to the head of a fore lower mast or to some specified upper mast of a foremast: fore topmast stay.
    • situated at or toward the bow of a vessel; forward.
adverb
  1. at or toward the bow.
  2. forward (def. 4).
  3. before.
noun
  1. the forepart of anything; front.
  2. the foremast.
preposition, conjunction
  1. before.
Idioms
  1. in, at, or to both ends of a ship.
  2. to the fore,
    • into a conspicuous place or position; to or at the front.
    • at hand; ready; available.
    • still alive.
interjection Golf.
  1. (used as a cry of warning to persons on a course who are in danger of being struck by the ball.)
  1. a prefix meaning “before” (in space, time, condition, etc.), “front,” “superior,” etc.: forehead; forecastle; forecast; foretell; foreman.
adjective
  1. located at, in, or towards the front
noun
  1. the front part
  2. something located at, in, or towards the front
  3. short for foremast
  4. located at or directed towards both ends of a vessel
  5. to the fore
    • to or into the front or conspicuous position
    • alive or active
adverb
  1. at or towards a ship's bow
  2. before
preposition, conjunction
  1. a less common word for before
interjection
  1. (in golf) a warning shout made by a player about to make a shot
prefix
  1. before in time or rank
  2. at or near the front; before in place
Fore (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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