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== English == === Etymology === A development of the prefix fore-. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /fɔː/ (General American) IPA(key): /fɔɹ/ (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /fo(ː)ɹ/ (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /foə/ Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ) Homophones: four; for (horse–hoarse merger) === Adjective === fore (no comparative, superlative foremost) (obsolete) Former; occurring earlier (in some order); previous. [15th–18th c.] Forward; situated towards the front (of something). [from 16th c.] ==== Antonyms ==== (antonym(s) of “order”): latter (antonym(s) of “location”): aft ==== Translations ==== === Interjection === fore (golf) An exclamation yelled to inform players a ball is moving in their direction. ==== Translations ==== === Noun === fore (uncountable) The front; the forward part of something; the foreground. (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) In the part that precedes or goes first; opposed to aft, after, back, behind, etc. (obsolete) Formerly; previously; afore. (nautical) In or towards the bows of a ship. Antonym: aft fore and aft === Derived terms === === Anagrams === Ofer, OFer, froe, o-fer, ofer, Freo, Fero, orfe == Cornish == === Noun === fore mixed mutation of bore == Esperanto == === Etymology === for +‎ -e === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfore/ Rhymes: -ore Syllabification: fo‧re === Adverb === fore far away == Finnish == === Etymology === < English fore === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfoːr/, [ˈfo̞ːr] Rhymes: -oːr === Interjection === fore (golf) fore == French == === Pronunciation === === Verb === fore inflection of forer: first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive second-person singular imperative == Ido == === Etymology === for +‎ -e === Adverb === fore (far) away, afar == Italian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfɔ.re/ Rhymes: -ɔre Hyphenation: fò‧re === Preposition === fore (archaic, literary) alternative form of fuori out, outside, outwards (towards the outside) == Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈfɔ.rɛ] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈfɔː.re] === Etymology 1 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Noun ==== fore ablative singular of foris === Etymology 2 === Formally present active infinitive corresponding to fuī (“I have been”), irregular perfect indicative of sum (“I am”). From Proto-Italic *fuiezi (s-derivative verbal noun of *fuiō), 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". ==== Alternative forms ==== futūrus esse ==== Verb ==== fore future active infinitive of sum ===== Usage notes ===== Also used in the construction fore ut in place of a future passive infinitive in indirect discourse: === 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 === ==== Noun ==== fore fore ===== Descendants ===== Scots: fore English: fore ==== Conjunction ==== fore therefore === Etymology 2 === ==== Numeral ==== fore alternative form of four == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology 1 === ==== Alternative forms ==== fóre ==== Noun ==== fore f (definite singular fora, indefinite plural forer, definite plural forene) behaviour footprints, tracks (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) alternative form of for === Etymology 3 === From fòr (“furrow”). ==== Alternative forms ==== fora, fòra, fòre ==== Verb ==== fore (present tense forar, past tense fora, past participle fora, passive infinitive forast, present participle forande, imperative fore/for) to furrow === Etymology 4 === Inherited from Old Norse fóðra. ==== Alternative forms ==== fora, fôra, fôre ==== Verb ==== fore (present tense forar, past tense fora, past participle fora, passive infinitive forast, present participle forande, imperative fore/for) to fodder animals to breed, raise to gather food, fodder to feed ===== Related terms ===== fôr n (“fodder”) === Etymology 5 === Made from fôr (“lining of clothes”) ==== Alternative forms ==== fora, fôra, fôre ==== Verb ==== fore (present tense forar, past tense fora, past participle fora, passive infinitive forast, present participle forande, imperative fore/for) (transitive) to line (clothes) (transitive) to clad with covering layers === Etymology 6 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Adjective ==== fore inflection of for: definite singular plural === References === “fore” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Old English == === Etymology 1 === ==== Verb ==== fōre second-person singular preterite indicative of faran === Etymology 2 === ==== Preposition ==== fore alternative form of for == Swedish == === Verb === fore (dated) past subjunctive of fara === Anagrams === efor == Welsh == === Pronunciation === (North Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈvɔrɛ/ (North Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈvɔra/ (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈvoːrɛ/, /ˈvɔrɛ/ === Noun === fore soft mutation of bore (“morning”) === Mutation ===