fore

1. situated or placed in front.

   the fore and hind pairs of wings

noun

the front part of something, especially a ship.

exclamation

called out as a warning to people in the path of a golf ball.

1. non-standard form of before.

   'fore you know it, you're in trouble

Old English (as a preposition, also in the sense ‘before in time, previously’): of Germanic origin; related to Dutch voor and German vor . The adjective and noun represent the prefix fore- used independently (late 15th century).

1. (added to verbs) in front.

   foreshorten

2. (added to nouns) situated in front of.

   forecourt

Old English (see fore).