fore
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6.5
- adjective
- /fɔr/
:
de proa
- The erosion of the state order around the Mediterranean also brings to the fore Islamist forces with a clear anti-Western agenda, thus adding a civilizational dimension to the discord.
- fore and aft
- bring to the fore
- fore teat
Examples
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One challenge to the Hywind engineers is that the floating spar is subject to fore-and-aft and side-to-side motion from waves.
Academic text (2009) -
Passengers gathered in the fore section of the boat as they prepared to embark.
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I need a full spread, fore and aft.
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Separate them, fore and aft.
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Bologna is thus bringing to the fore a question that universities have never answered very satisfactorily:
Academic text (2006) -
The vertical and fore-aft force components indicated the direction and magnitude of the force vector.
Academic text (1990) -
Additional equipment is on little shelves bolted to the right bulkheads, fore and aft.
Fiction book (1990) -
Slowly it advanced, moving right fore and left hind foot, then left fore and right hind, in a gait that was half skip, half waddle.
Fiction book (1994) -
Net frames are raised and lowered by winches and pulleys and folded against the vessel, fore or aft, for transit.
Academic text (1995) -
The Republican primaries, the subsequent Republican convention and the platform it adopted, and the selection of Paul Ryan as Romney's running mate also brought to the fore social issues such as same-sex marriage, abortion rights, and women's access to contraception.
Academic text (2013)
Synonyms
∞
1.0
Located at or forming the forward side of something
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1.0
Near the front in the direction someone faces or moves
Closest to the start of a line or group
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
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9.3
The outer edge of a book's pages opposite the spine when the book is closed
- Specialized
A long hand tool with a blade used to flatten rough boards before final smoothing
- Specialized
A triangular sail set just in front of the foremast on a large sailing ship
- Specialized
One of the front pair of thin parts an insect uses to fly when it has four wings
- Specialized
A triangular sail fixed to a horizontal pole near the top of a mast to catch wind
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A small triangular sail set just ahead of the front mast on a large sailing ship
Surface Forms
Etymology
Fore comes from an old English word meaning 'before' or 'front', and you can see the same idea in words like forehead and before. So as an adjective, fore means the front part, especially at the bow of a ship.