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Synonyms & Antonyms for fore
Synonyms: Preposition
afore [chiefly dialect], ahead of, before, ere, of, previous to, prior to, to
Synonyms: Adjective
anterior, forward, front, frontal, frontward (or frontwards)
Antonyms: Preposition
Antonyms: Adjective
aft, after, hind, hinder, hindmost, posterior, rear, rearward
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Examples of fore in a Sentence
Adverb
The plane's exits are located fore and aft.Preposition
fore the baby's arrival, the young couple had been able to cope with their problems fore the stranger there swarmed a gaggle of curious street urchinsAdjective
the fore and aft cabins cats have five fore toes but only four hind toes
Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb
On Thursday at Bay Hill, Tiger had some huge misses to both sides with both of those clubs, one of which (fore right on 3) kept this round from being a really low one. — Daniel Rapaport, SI.com, "Tiger Woods Round Recap: Tiger Opens With 4-Under 68 at Bay Hill, Four Behind Stenson," 15 Mar. 2018 Active Ride Control moderates fore-aft pitching of the vehicle over bumps in the road by controlling the engine and brakes, for a smoother ride. — Emma Jayne Williams, star-telegram, "Nissan adds smaller Rogue Sport model to crossover lineup, starting at $21,420 | Fort Worth Star-Telegram," 27 Jan. 2018 On Thursday at Bay Hill, Tiger had some huge misses to both sides with both of those clubs, one of which (fore right on 3) kept this round from being a really low one. — Daniel Rapaport, SI.com, "Tiger Woods Round Recap: Tiger Opens With 4-Under 68 at Bay Hill, Four Behind Stenson," 15 Mar. 2018 Active Ride Control moderates fore-aft pitching of the vehicle over bumps in the road by controlling the engine and brakes, for a smoother ride. — Emma Jayne Williams, star-telegram, "Nissan adds smaller Rogue Sport model to crossover lineup, starting at $21,420 | Fort Worth Star-Telegram," 27 Jan. 2018 Only fore-teen Fourteen year-old amateur golfer Atthaya Thitikul won the Ladies European Thailand Championship on Sunday, making her the youngest known winner of a professional golf tour event. — Claire Zillman, Fortune, "The Worldâs Most Powerful Women: July 11," 11 July 2017 Up and down the hydraulic arms went; fore and aft tipped the bucket. — Bulletin Board, Twin Cities, "Sunday Bulletin Board: Texting pilots âto reduce flight delaysâ: What could possibly go wrong with that?," 23 Apr. 2017Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective
With immigration at the fore front of the current debate, several of these races look even more interesting. — Chris Stirewalt, Fox News, "A good offense may be best defense for House GOP," 25 June 2018 A unique fen and about half the site is now forest preserve land. — Mike Danahey, Elgin Courier-News, "Elgin still discussing land lease to charter school group," 27 June 2017Recent Examples on the Web: Noun
Gerhard Richter, a painter, photographer and multimedia artist whose abstract works first came to the fore during the 1960s, was a natural choice for the commission. — Meilan Solly, Smithsonian, "New Stained Glass Is Coming to Germanyâs Oldest Monastery," 23 Aug. 2019 The American-Israeli attacks on Iranâs nuclear centrifuges brought a different kind of attack to the fore: destruction of infrastructure, which has taken many forms in recent years. — David E. Sanger, New York Times, "Ransomware Attacks Are Testing Resolve of Cities Across America," 22 Aug. 2019 The question of interpretability has come to the fore in work by astrophysicist Shirley Ho of the Flatiron Institute in New York City and her colleagues. — Anil Ananthaswamy, Scientific American, "Faced with a Data Deluge, Astronomers Turn to Automation," 21 Aug. 2019 The Proud Boys, one of many right-wing groups to come to the fore in the past few years, has been condemned by organizations like the Southern Poverty Law Center as a hate group. — Eli Rosenberg, Washington Post, "Two members of far-right Proud Boys convicted in 2018 fight with antifascists," 19 Aug. 2019 The Proud Boys, one of many right-wing groups to come to the fore in the past few years, has been condemned by organizations like the Southern Poverty Law Center as a hate group. — The Washington Post, oreg