‘fore

[fawr, fohr] /fɔr, foʊr/
adjective
situated at or toward the front, as compared with something else.
first in place, time, order, rank, etc.; forward; earlier.
nautical.

of or pertaining to a foremast.
noting a sail, yard, boom, etc., or any rigging belonging to a fore lower mast or to some upper mast of a foremast.
noting any stay running aft and upward to the head of a fore lower mast or to some specified upper mast of a foremast:
fore topmast stay.
situated at or toward the bow of a vessel; forward.

adverb
nautical. at or toward the bow.
forward.
obsolete, before.
noun
the forepart of anything; front.
the fore, nautical. the foremast.
preposition, conjunction
also, ‘fore. informal. before.
idioms
fore and aft, nautical. in, at, or to both ends of a ship.
to the fore,

into a conspicuous place or position; to or at the front.
at hand; ready; available.
still alive.

fore1
/fɔː/
adjective
(usually in combination) located at, in, or towards the front the forelegs of a horse
noun
the front part
something located at, in, or towards the front
short for foremast
fore and aft, located at or directed towards both ends of a vessel a fore-and-aft rig
to the fore

to or into the front or conspicuous position
(scot & irish) alive or active is your grandfather still to the fore?

adverb
at or towards a ship’s bow
(obsolete) before
preposition, conjunction
a less common word for before
word origin
old english; related to old saxon, old high german fora, gothic faura, greek para, sanskrit pura
fore2
/fɔː/
interjection
(in golf) a warning shout made by a player about to make a shot
word origin
c19: probably short for before
fore
o.e. fore (prep.) “before, in front of;” (adv.) “before, previously,” common gmc. (cf. o.h.g. fora, o.fris. fara, ger. vor, goth. faiura, o.n. fyrr “for”); from pie -per-/-pr- (cf. skt. pura “before, formerly;” avestan paro “before;” hitt-te para- “on, forth;” gk. paros “before,” para “from beside, beyond,” peri “around, about, toward,” pro “before;” l. pro “before, for, on behalf of, instead of,” prae “before,” per “through, for;” o.c.s. pra-dedu “great-grandfather”). the warning cry in golf is first recorded 1878, probably a contraction of before.
in addition to the idioms beginning with fore fore and aft also see: to the fore