Etymological root

fore

Old English

# fore

**Type:** Etymological root
**Language:** Old English
**Slug:** fore

## Words From This Root
- foredoom - to doom or condemn beforehand to a particular fate
- foreordination - the act of ordaining or destining beforehand; predestination
- forerunner - a predecessor or early sign of something to come
- fore - situated at the front; the front part
- foreguess - to guess or conjecture beforehand; to anticipate
- forenoon - the part of the day before noon; the morning
- foreshorten - to depict an object as shorter to suggest depth or perspective
- forestay - a rope or stay supporting a ship's foremast from the bow
- afore - before, in place or time (archaic or dialectal)
- aforehand - beforehand; in advance (archaic)
- foreboding - a feeling that something bad is about to happen
- foreground - the part of a scene nearest the viewer; to make prominent
- forerun - to run ahead of or precede; to be a forerunner of
- foreshadow - to indicate or suggest a future event beforehand
- forestage - the part of a stage in front of the curtain; the apron
- forebear - an ancestor
- forecaster - a person who predicts future events, especially the weather
- forechoice - a choice made beforehand; predetermination
- forechoose - to choose beforehand; to predestine
- forefather - an ancestor, especially a male one
- foresay - to foretell or predict; to say beforehand
- forespeak - to predict or foretell; to bespeak in advance
- foretell - to predict or prophesy a future event

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Words from this root(23)

/fɔrˈduːm/ to doom or condemn beforehand to a particular fate Meaning Off Sound Off

foreordination C2+

/fɔrˌɔrdɪˈneɪʃən/ the act of ordaining or destining beforehand; predestination Meaning Off Sound Off

/ˈfɔrˌrʌnər/ a predecessor or early sign of something to come Meaning Off Sound Off

/fɔr/ situated at the front; the front part Meaning Off Sound Off

/fɔrˈɡɛs/ to guess or conjecture beforehand; to anticipate Meaning Off Sound Off

/ˈfɔrˌnuːn/ the part of the day before noon; the morning Meaning Off Sound Off

foreshorten C2+

/fɔrˈʃɔrtən/ to depict an object as shorter to suggest depth or perspective Meaning Off Sound Off

/ˈfɔrˌsteɪ/ a rope or stay supporting a ship's foremast from the bow Meaning Off Sound Off

/əˈfɔr/ before, in place or time (archaic or dialectal) Meaning Off Sound Off

/əˈfɔrˌhænd/ beforehand; in advance (archaic) Meaning Off Sound Off

/fɔrˈboʊdɪŋ/ a feeling that something bad is about to happen Meaning Off Sound Off

/ˈfɔrɡraʊnd/ the part of a scene nearest the viewer; to make prominent Meaning Off Sound Off

/fɔrˈrʌn/ to run ahead of or precede; to be a forerunner of Meaning Off Sound Off

/fɔrˈʃædoʊ/ to indicate or suggest a future event beforehand Meaning Off Sound Off

/ˈfɔrsteɪdʒ/ the part of a stage in front of the curtain; the apron Meaning Off Sound Off

/ˈfɔrbɛr/ an ancestor Meaning Off Sound Off

/ˈfɔrkæstɚ/ a person who predicts future events, especially the weather Meaning Off Sound Off

/ˈfɔrtʃɔɪs/ a choice made beforehand; predetermination Meaning Off Sound Off

/fɔrˈtʃuːz/ to choose beforehand; to predestine Meaning Off Sound Off

/ˈfɔrfɑðɚ/ an ancestor, especially a male one Meaning Off Sound Off

/fɔrˈseɪ/ to foretell or predict; to say beforehand Meaning Off Sound Off

/fɔrˈspiːk/ to predict or foretell; to bespeak in advance Meaning Off Sound Off

/fɔrˈtɛl/ to predict or prophesy a future event Meaning Off Sound Off

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