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fore-

a prefix meaning “before” (in space, time, condition, etc.), “front,” “superior,” etc.: forehead; forecastle; forecast; foretell; foreman.

Origin:
comb. form repr. ME, OE for(e)
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  1. Before; earlier: foredoom.

  2. In front of; front: foredeck.


[Middle English for-, fore-, from Old English, from fore, in front; see per1 in Indo-European roots.]
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