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# fore

adjective (fore); noun (the fore); adverb (fore); interjection (Fore!)

«fore» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (golf) «Fore!» is a shout golfers use to warn people that a ball is flying towards them. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fore/#m1)
2. To come to the fore means to become important or noticed: «New stars came to the fore». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fore/#m2)
3. (ships) Fore means at or towards the front of a ship: «fore and aft» means front and back. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fore/#m3)
4. Fore- is also a prefix meaning before or front: forehead, foresee, forecast. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fore/#m4)

### In the lessons

In sport (golf), shouting «Fore!» is a safety warning. In everyday news, an issue «comes to the fore». On ships and in pirate stories, the fore is the front (the bow). In spelling lessons, the prefix «fore-» helps you understand words like forearm and forefather. Phrases: «come to the fore», «to the fore», «fore and aft».

### Examples

- The golfer shouted «Fore!» as the ball flew towards the crowd. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fore/#x1)
- Kindness came to the fore during the floods. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fore/#x2)
- The sailors ran fore and aft. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fore/#x3)
- She brought the problem to the fore at the meeting. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fore/#x4)
- The cabin is in the fore part of the ship. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fore/#x5)
- Forearm, forehead and forecast all start with fore-. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fore/#x6)
- \[9\] Epimetheus signifies after-thought, Prometheus fore-thought. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fore/#x7)

### Note

Homophones: fore, four (4) and for. «Fore-» (before, front) is different from «for-» (as in forget, forgive). Trap: «forego» and «forgo» are often confused.

## In Jewish tradition

It is a prefix meaning before, as in "foreskin". In the primary lessons: In sport (golf), shouting «Fore!» is a safety warning. In everyday news, an issue «comes to the fore». On ships and in pirate stories, the fore is the front (the bow). In spelling lessons, the prefix «fore-» helps you understand words like forearm and forefather. Phrases: «come to the fore», «to the fore», «fore and aft».

### Note

Homophones: fore, four (4) and for. «Fore-» (before, front) is different from «for-» (as in forget, forgive). Trap: «forego» and «forgo» are often confused.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «fore» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fore/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«fore» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/fore.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «fore» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fore/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«fore» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/fore.html) on Mova free.