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The world we live in is not purely visual. For me it's totally poly-sensorial so the tactile, sensual aspect of living in the work that I do is brought to the fore.
Ross Lovegrove

Meaning of "fore" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD FORE

Old English; related to Old Saxon, Old High German fora, Gothic faura, Greek para, Sanskrit pura.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF FORE

fore  [fɔː] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FORE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Fore can act as a noun, an adjective, an adverb, a preposition and a conjunction.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

The adverb is an invariable part of the sentence that can change, explain or simplify a verb or another adverb.

The preposition is an invariable grammatical category, that has no meaning itself and which serves to link or relate terms.

The conjunction is an invariable grammatical category used to join together words and sentences.

WHAT DOES FORE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Fore

Fore can mean: ▪ Fore School of Management ▪ Fore, a highland people of Papua New Guinea ▪ Fore, a warning yelled by golfers ▪ Fore Abbey, an abbey in Ireland ▪ Fore, County Westmeath a village beside Fore Abbey ▪ Fore ▪ Fore River, a river ▪ Fore!, the 4th album by Huey Lewis and the News ▪ The bow of a ship, the front ▪ The fourth studio album by the band Pegboy ▪ FORE Systems, a computer networking company...

Definition of fore in the English dictionary

The first definition of fore in the dictionary is located at, in, or towards the front. Other definition of fore is the front part. Fore is also something located at, in, or towards the front.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FORE

fordone
fore and aft
fore and aft rig
fore and aft sail
fore-and-after
fore-edge
fore-topgallant
fore-topmast
fore-topsail
foreanent
forearm
forearm smash
forearmed
forebay
forebear
forebitt
forebitter
forebode
forebodement
foreboder

WORDS THAT END LIKE FORE

anymore
Baltimore
Bangalore
before
convenience store
core
encore
explore
furthermore
hardcore
ignore
Moore
more
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score
Singapore
store
therefore
to the fore
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Synonyms and antonyms of fore in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «FORE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «fore» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of fore
forefront · front · head · top

Translation of «fore» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FORE

Find out the translation of fore to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of fore from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «fore» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

primer plano
570 millions of speakers

English

fore
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

सामने
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الصدارة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

передние
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

fore
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সম্মুখ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

devant
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Terdahulu
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Vordergrund
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

フォア
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ngarep
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

fore
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

முன்னணிக்கு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पुढील
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

ön
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

prua
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

przedniego
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

передні
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

prim-plan
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

προσκήνιο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

vore
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

fören
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

forgrunnen
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of fore

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FORE»

The term «fore» is very widely used and occupies the 13.740 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FORE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «fore» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «fore» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about fore

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8 QUOTES WITH «FORE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word fore.
1
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
It is the characteristic excellence of the strong man that he can bring momentous issues to the fore and make a decision about them. The weak are always forced to decide between alternatives they have not chosen themselves.
2
Elliott Carter
Silences between movements are employed only in order to bring the opposing duo to the fore.
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Park Geun-hye
National partition is a sorrow that touches all Koreans, but for me it is brought to the fore by unimaginable personal suffering.
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Ross Lovegrove
The world we live in is not purely visual. For me it's totally poly-sensorial so the tactile, sensual aspect of living in the work that I do is brought to the fore.
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Stanley A. McChrystal
When you go through some controversy and you see your face on the news in a negative way for 48 hours... you doubt yourself. And your friends make the difference. They become a safety net that come in and say, 'That's not the case.' And the relationships that you've built... come to the fore.
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Walter Russell Mead
Carter's hopes died when the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan and he ended up having to reverse policy and launch the military buildup that Reagan continued. Mr. Obama would be forced back into a war on terror if terrorist groups pull off enough damaging or frightening attacks to force this issue to the fore.
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Vinessa Shaw
Anywhere in the world, any day of the week, in 192 countries and territories worldwide, one can find an SGI Buddhist meeting where dialogue is at the fore.
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Bob Spitz
The Beatles' story is all of our stories. It is about how the youth culture emerged, the drug culture emerged, how politics rose to the fore as a universal debate. It's about rebellion, it's about the growth of the British entertainment system, the growth of the rock n' roll entertainment system.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FORE»

Discover the use of fore in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to fore and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Fore!: The Best of Wodehouse on Golf
P.G. Wodehouse often said that he wished he'd spent more time playing golf and less "fooling about writing stories and things.
D.R. Bensen, P. G. Wodehouse, 1999
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Going Fore It: In Golf and Life
A motivating force unlocks your ultimate potential as your journey continues to discover your authentic self. Get in touch with a mantra for golf and life with GOING FORE IT.
Gil Anderson, 2011
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Fore!
Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.
Charles E. (Charles Emmett) Van Loan, 2012
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"Mother Donit Fore the Best": Correspondence of a ...
'Mother Donit fore the Best' is a touching collection of letters from the Albany Orphan Asylum in upstate New York-letters from parents to their children and to the asylum superintendent, as well as letters from children placed out on ...
Judith A. Dulberger, 1996
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Fore! Play: The Last American Male Takes up Golf
The bestselling author of "Little League Confidential" goes on a hilarious investigative excursion to find out what's behind America's growing obsession with golf.
Bill Giest, 2009
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Laugh with Fore!
This collection of Archie adventures includes HI-GRADE SHADES!, GOOF SPOOF, and CAMP FIRE DAYS.
Nelson Ribeiro, Victor Gorelick, 2007
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Rigging: Period Fore-and-aft Craft
This book shows each and every detail of the rigging of typical period fore-and-aft vessels.
Lennarth Petersson, 2007
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Realism After Modernism: The Rehumanization of Art and ...
Fore's readings reveal that each of these "rehumanized" works in fact calls into question the very categories of the human upon which realist figuration is based.
Devin Fore, 2012
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Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science: Volume 9 - ...
Volume 9 - Fore-Edge Painting to Germany: Libraries and Information Centers in: Training of Documentalists and Information Officers at the Nonuniversity Level in the Federal Republic of Germany Allen Kent, Harold Lancour, Jay E. Daily ...
Allen Kent, Harold Lancour, Jay E. Daily, 1973
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Fore & aft seamanship for yachtsmen, revised by a practical ...
Fore halliards. 2. Topmast. 23. Jib sheets. 3. Bowsprit. 24. Fore sheet. 4. Main boom. 25. Bowsprit shrouds. 5. Gaff. 26. Whiskers. 6. Topsail yard. 27. Jib topsail sheet. 7. Spinnaker boom. 28. Spinnaker boom topping lift. 8. Tiller. 29. Spinnaker ...
Fore and aft seamanship, 1878

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FORE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term fore is used in the context of the following news items.
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Tour de France 2015: The Cycling Podcast - Chris Froome to the fore
The uphill finish saw Chris Froome to the fore as Alexis Vuillermoz jumped away to win the stage. The day's loser was Vincenzo Nibali, the ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
2
Leaders' differences to the fore - The Hindu
The simmering differences between P.T. Parmeshwar Naik, Minister of State for Labour, and M.P. Ravi, Harpanahalli MLA and son of the former ... «The Hindu, Jul 15»
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Queer creativity comes to the fore | Art & Leisure | Jamaica Gleaner
What comes to the fore is a belief in the crucial role the arts play in effecting social change. It has been through persistent arts advocacy that ... «Jamaica Gleaner, Jul 15»
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Serve & volley to the fore
Tennis: Albiet sporadically, the likes of Federer and Pospisil underlined the beauty of the art at Wimbledon. lights on: Roger Federer has been ... «Deccan Herald, Jul 15»
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SamStrong's annual St. Jude Putt Fore Life golf event Friday
Miniature golf fans can play as many holes as they want Friday, July 10 at the 5th Annual St. Jude Putt Fore Life event in Evansville. It's held in ... «14 News WFIE Evansville, Jul 15»
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Qualified optimism is keeping Ulster teams to the fore
Ulster could be set to enjoy its highest representation in the All-Ireland quarter-finals for some time if qualifier results go according to plan this ... «Belfast Telegraph, Jul 15»
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Finn to the fore in Middlesex cruise | The Times
Middlesex beat Essex by six wickets with three overs to spare in the NatWest T20 Blast match at Richmond to put a dent in the visiting side's ... «The Times, Jul 15»
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Fillies to the fore in Newmarket's big race - Banbury Guardian
Fillies to the fore in Newmarket's big race. editorial image. 10:05 Friday 10 July 2015 10:02 Tuesday 07 July 2015. 0. Have your say ... «Banbury Guardian, Jul 15»
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Fore Street trader blames lack of footfall in "desolate" area for shop …
Philip Palmer has blamed dwindling footfall along Fore Street for the upcoming closure of his chilli pepper shop, after making a mere £64 profit ... «Exeter Express and Echo, Jul 15»
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White Paper brings ag to fore
THERE has been a lot of analysis and opinion splashed across the media in the days following the Prime Minister and Agriculture Minister ... «Queensland Country Life, Jul 15»

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