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2 Fore! used in the game of golf to warn people that they are in
the path of a ball that you are hitting nu A
+ )
fore- /foi(r)/ combining form (in nouns and verbs iSjfUzjfj-ill) 1 before; in
advance AA; SKA: foreword HU W 0 foretell M ]lf 2 in the front of A • (ft bu nP: the foreground of the picture
fore-arm1 /'fo:ra:m; NAmE -a:rm/ noun the part of the arm between the elbow
and the wrist HU W — picture o BODY
fore-arm2 /.foir'aim; NAmE -'a:rm/ verb FTfTl see forewarn
fore-bear (also forbear)
/'foibea(r);
NAmE 'foirber/ noun [usually pi.] (formal or literary) a person in your family
who lived a long time ago }§.A; H771
ancestor
fore-bod-ing
/foi'baudir);
NAmE foir'bou-/ noun [U, C] a strong feeling that sth
unpleasant or dangerous is going to happen ( W ) ®$M5: She
had a sense of foreboding that the news would be bad. jflfc M
B o note at fear ► fore bod ing
adj.:
a foreboding feeling that something was wrong ih
r\m
fore-brain
/'faibrein;
NAmE 'fair-/ noun (anatomy M) the front part of the brain hu® fore-cast o-w /'foikaist; NAmE 'foirkaest/ noun, verb a noun a statement about what
will happen in the future, based on information that is available now ® $ij; ®
: sales
forecasts if 1M o
The forecast said there would be sunny intervals and showers. ® laj Bf, A ^ Mo — see
also weather forecast ■ verb (fore-cast, fore cast) or (fore-cast-ed, fore cast ed) to say what you think will
happen in the future based on information that you have now 1 i ; ® ft. ET1T1 predict
: [VN] Experts are forecasting a recovery
in the economy. AM S A o 0 Snow is forecast for
tomorrow. AAHo o Temperatures were forecast
to reach 40°C. 40 ^R®Q 0 [V that] The
report forecasts that prices will rise by 3% next month.
[aisovwh-]
fore-cast-er /'foikaista(r); NAmE 'foirkaestar/ noun a person who says what is expected to happen, especially sb whose job
is to forecast the weather M $ij A; (
jt
Jb ) ft^: a weather forecaster jH
0 an economic forecaster
fore-castle (also fo’c’s’le) /'fauksl; NAmE 'fouksl/ noun the front part of a ship below the deck, where the sailors live
fore-close
/foi'klauz;
NAmE foir'klouz/ verb 1 [V, VN] ~ (on sb/sth) (finance M) (especially of a
bank to take control of sb’s property because they have not paid back money
that they borrowed to buy it ( ®fl£ff 2 [VN] (formal) to reject sth as a possibility ]#
^ • • • (ft oj fg HT71 exclude fore-dos-ure /fai'klau3a(r); NAmE fair'klou-/ noun [U, C] (finance M) the act of foreclosing on money
that has been borrowed; an example of this f&ff fore-court /'foikoit; NAmE 'foirkairt/ noun (BrE) a large open space in
front of a building, for example a petrol/gas
station or hotel, often used for parking cars on AASife ( W"M
AfHy
fore-doomed /fai'duimd;
NAmE fair'd-/ adj. ~ (to sth) (formal) that will not be
successful, as if fate has decided
this from the beginning ( AP& ) W: Any attempt to construct an ideal society
is foredoomed to failure.
fore-father /'faifaida(r); NAmE 'fairf-/ noun [usually pi.] (formal or literary) a person (especially a man) in your
family who lived a long time ago A, ( AfaH
14 ) EYZTi ANCESTOR
fore-fend = forfend(I)
fore-fin-ger /'faifir)ga(r);
NAmE 'foirf-/ noun the finger next to the thumb EEd index
finger
fore-foot /'faifat; NAmE 'foirfut/ noun (pi. -feet /-fi:t/)
either of the two front feet of an animal that has four feet ( ) hUaiL
fore-front /‘foifrAnt;
NAmE 'foirf-/ noun [sing.] IT5T?7I at/in/to the forefront (of sth)
in or
into an important or leading position in a particular group or activity &
Aft® ?'J; &AS^Hil{v ( sSAMte ) : Women have
always been at the forefront of the Green movement. $3A&1H4JEft flu ?'J <, 0 The new
product took the company to the forefront of the computer software field.
HU?'Jo 0 The
court case was constantly in the forefront of my mind (= I thought
about it all the time).
fore-gather (also for-gather) /,fai'gae6a(r); NAmE .fair'g-/ verb [V] (formal) to meet together in a
group ( — f$A ) M&, Mft fore-go =
forgo
fore-going /'foigauirj; NAmE 'foirgouir)/ adj. [only before noun] (formal) 1 used to refer to sth that has just been
mentioned ; hu : the foregoing discussion ±
2 the foregoing noun [sing.+sing./pl.
v.] what
has
just been mentioned huMMSIA!]®#1^; IM±#tj£ PIU3
FOLLOWING
fore-gone
/'foignn;
NAmE 'fairgain; -gain/ adj. fTTTl a .foregone con clusion if you say that sth is a foregone conclusion, you mean that it is a
result that is certain to happen
fore-ground /'faigraund;
NAmE 'fairg-/ noun, verb w noun the foreground 1 [C, usually sing.] the part of a view,
picture, etc. that is nearest to you when you look at it ( ) Bull:: The figure in the fore
ground is the artist’s mother. ®0BUftA®AjliIi^t(Kj
2 [sing.] an important position that is noticed by
people H g ffefv; Inflation and
interest rates
will be very much in the
foreground of their election campaign.
|b] M o —compare background
UMI in the foreground (computing if) (of a computer program if
% 111 %kl¥) being used at the present time and
appearing in front of any other programs on the screen bu £ ; it
HU M 4* — compare in the background at background
■ verb [VN] to give particular
importance to sth 3S ; ^ ih : The play foregrounds the relationship
between father and daughter.
fore-hand /'foihaend;
NAmE 'foirh-/ noun [usually sing.] (in tennis, etc. N5$^f) a way of hitting a ball in which the inner part of the
hand (the palm) faces the ball as
it is hitIE%®$c; IE#i; IE¥-: She has a strong forehand.
o a forehand volley
He served to his opponent’s forehand.
IE?-A IrJo — compare backhand fore-head /'foihed; 'fDrid; NAmE 'foirhed; 'faired; 'fair-/ noun the part of the face above
the eyes and below the hair hu#I H771 brow — picture o body foreign l>w /'fnran; NAmE 'foiran; 'fairan/ adj.
1 in
or from a country that is not your own S W: a foreign accent/language/student AS Pi=f / in W / 0
a foreign-owned company 0 foreign
holidays
||g0 0 You could tell she was foreign
by the way she dressed. A ffl W % # M oj EA# iB M fk 4I A» 2 [only
before
noun] dealing
with or involving other countries # (Hi; A A (fll: foreign
affairs/news/policy/trade ^b *bBfr$; o foreign aid o
a foreign correspondent (= one who reports on foreign countries
in newspapers or on television) £b iB # FTJ3 domestic, home 3 ~ to sb/sth (formal) not typical of sb/sth; not
known to sb/sth and therefore seeming strange 4 A M1$; ^ W: Dishonesty is foreign to his
nature. 4~ object/body
(formal) an object that has entered sth by accident
and should not be there Tears help
to protect
the eye from potentially
harmful foreign bodies. IS #1A
the .Foreign and Commonwealth Office noun [sing.+sing./pl. v.] (abbr. FCO) the British government
department that deals with relations with other