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fore-
fore- /fɔː $ fɔːr/ prefix
 Language: Old English
 Origin: fore 'before, previously'
1. before:
    The enemy had been forewarned.forewarned is forearmed at forewarn(2)
2. placed at the front:
    her forenames
    a horse’s forelegs
3. the front part of something:
    his forehead


fore-BrE /fɔː(r)/ 🔊NAmE /fɔːr/ 🔊 combining form (in nouns and verbs 构成名词和动词) before; in advance 先于;预先foreword前言foretell预言in the front of 在…的前部the foreground of the picture图画的前景