Definitions for fores
fores
fore
Spelling: [fawr, fohr]
IPA: /fɔr, foʊr/
Fores is a 5 letter English word.
It's valid Scrabble word worth 2 points.
It's valid Words with friends word worth 2 points.
You can make 57 anagrams from letters in fores (efors).
Definitions for fores
noun
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the forepart of anything; front.
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the fore, Nautical. the foremast.
Idioms
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fore and aft, Nautical. in, at, or to both ends of a ship.
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to the fore,
into a conspicuous place or position; to or at the front.
at hand; ready; available.
still alive.
adverb
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Nautical. at or toward the bow.
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forward.
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Obsolete. before.
adjective
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situated at or toward the front, as compared with something else.
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first in place, time, order, rank, etc.; forward; earlier.
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Nautical.
of or relating 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:
situated at or toward the bow of a vessel; forward.
preposition, conjunction
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Also, 'fore. Informal. before.
Origin of fores
by construal of fore- as an adj., hence nominalized; fore and aft perhaps as translation of Dutch or Low German; sense “before” (defs 6, 9) perhaps continuation of Mi