# fore-

> English word · Prefix · IPA /fɔː/

## Definitions
1. Before with respect to time; earlier.
2. Before with respect to time; earlier.
3. Before with respect to time; earlier.
4. Before with respect to position: front, ahead, leading, anterior.
5. Before with respect to position: front, ahead, leading, anterior.
6. Before with respect to position: front, ahead, leading, anterior.
7. Before with respect to position: front, ahead, leading, anterior.
8. Before with respect to position: front, ahead, leading, anterior.
9. Before with respect to position: front, ahead, leading, anterior.
10. Before with respect to position: front, ahead, leading, anterior.
11. Forward in direction.
12. Forward in direction.
13. Forward in direction.
14. Before with respect to order or rank: first, prior, superior, ahead.
15. Before with respect to order or rank: first, prior, superior, ahead.
16. Before with respect to order or rank: first, prior, superior, ahead.
17. Before with respect to order or rank: first, prior, superior, ahead.
18. Before with respect to order or rank: first, prior, superior, ahead.

## Etymology
From Middle English fore-, from Old English fore-, from Proto-West Germanic *forē-, from Proto-Germanic *fura-, *furai- (“before, in front of, for”), from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“before, formerly; through, throughout”).
Akin to Old Saxon and Old High German fora-, Gothic 𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌰- (faura-) (see 𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌰 (faura)), Dutch voor- (“fore-”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/fore