fore
part of speech
adjective (fore); noun (the fore); adverb (fore); interjection (Fore!)
meaning for a pupil
1) (golf) «Fore!» is a shout golfers use to warn people that a ball is flying towards them. tree →
2) To come to the fore means to become important or noticed: «New stars came to the fore». tree →
3) (ships) Fore means at or towards the front of a ship: «fore and aft» means front and back. tree →
4) Fore- is also a prefix meaning before or front: forehead, foresee, forecast. tree →
sense 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 →
- Kindness came to the fore during the floods. tree →
- The sailors ran fore and aft. tree →
- She brought the problem to the fore at the meeting. tree →
- The cabin is in the fore part of the ship. tree →
- Forearm, forehead and forecast all start with fore-. tree →
- [9] Epimetheus signifies after-thought, Prometheus fore-thought. tree →
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.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «fore» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.