fore Meaning, Definition & Usage

noun front part of a vessel or aircraft
prow; stem; bow.
- he pointed the bow of the boat toward the finish line
adjective situated at or toward the bow of a vessel
adverb near or toward the bow of a ship or cockpit of a plane
forward.
- the captain went fore (or forward) to check the instruments

AS. fr, fr. faran to go. See Fare, v. i.

Journey; way; method of proceeding. Obs. "Follow him and his fore." Chaucer.

AS. fore, adv. & prep., another form of for. See For, and cf. Former, Foremost.

In the part that precedes or goes first; -- opposed to aft, after, back, behind, etc.
Formerly; previously; afore. Obs. or Colloq.
The eyes, fore duteous, now converted are. Shak.
(Naut.) In or towards the bows of a ship.

See Fore, advv.

Advanced, as compared with something else; toward the front; being or coming first, in time, place, order, or importance; preceding; anterior; antecedent; earlier; forward; -- opposed to back or behind; as, the fore part of a garment; the fore part of the day; the fore and of a wagon.
The free will of the subject is preserved, while it is directed by the fore purpose of the state. Southey.
✍ Fore is much used adjectively or in composition.

Before; -- sometimes written 'fore as if a contraction of afore or before. Obs.