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Everyday

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 →

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.

In Jewish tradition

It is a prefix meaning before, as in "foreskin". In the primary 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».

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.