fore

[US]/fɔː(r)/
[UK]/fɔːr/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. situated at the front
adv. in front, towards the front

Phrases & Collocations

before

forefather

foreshadow

foresee

forecast

foreground

forensic

forewarn

to the fore

fore part

at the fore

Example Sentences

to shout fore before hitting a golf ball

to be in the forefront of technology

to have a foreboding feeling about the future

to study foreign languages

to live in a foreign country

to have foreknowledge of an event

to be forewarned is to be forearmed

to be foreclosed on a property

to have a foreword in a book

Real-world Examples

Two things stood to the fore.

Source: Gone with the Wind

She came alongside and raked him fore and aft.

Source: Modern University English Intensive Reading (2nd Edition) Volume 3

As fertility has begun to fall, though, other explanations have come to the fore.

Source: The Economist - International

11.be ready for sea , fore and aft.

Source: Maritime English listening

His teeth closed on Spitz's left fore leg.

Source: The Call of the Wild

Fore and aft follow each other.

Source: The wisdom of Laozi's life.

While she was at there, Amelia's feminist proclivities came to the fore.

Source: Women Who Changed the World

The hind wings of some insects are shorter than the fore wings.

Source: High-frequency vocabulary in daily life

There are four toes on each fore foot, and five on each hind foot.

Source: British Students' Science Reader

Toward the end of enslavement, we start to see blackface minstrels come to the fore.

Source: Vox opinion

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