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"(golf) An exclamation yelled to inform players a ball is moving in their direction."
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{
"categories": [
"en:Golf"
],
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"An exclamation yelled to inform players a ball is moving in their direction."
],
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[
"golf",
"golf"
],
[
"exclamation",
"exclamation#English"
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[
"inform",
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[
"ball",
"ball#English"
]
],
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"(golf) An exclamation yelled to inform players a ball is moving in their direction."
],
"topics": [
"golf",
"hobbies",
"lifestyle",
"sports"
]
}
],
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"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
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"ipa": "/fɔɹ/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/fo(ː)ɹ/",
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},
{
"ipa": "/foə/",
"note": "non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɔː(ɹ)"
},
{
"homophone": "four"
},
{
"homophone": "for (in accents with the horse–hoarse merger)"
},
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"tags": [
"US"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "in golf: yelled to inform players a ball is moving in their direction",
"word": "fore"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "fā",
"sense": "in golf: yelled to inform players a ball is moving in their direction",
"word": "ファー"
}
],
"word": "fore"
}
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"English 2-syllable words",
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"English nouns",
"English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
"English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *preh₂-",
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"English uncountable nouns",
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"categories": [
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],
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{
"ref": "2002, Mark Bevir, The Logic of the History of Ideas",
"text": "People face a dilemma whenever they bring to the fore an understanding that appears inadequate in the light of the other beliefs they bring to bear on it.",
"type": "quotation"
}
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"front",
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"Received-Pronunciation"
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"General-American"
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{
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},
{
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},
{
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},
{
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"tags": [
"US"
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{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "nos",
"sense": "front",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "нос"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "front",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "voorkant"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "front",
"word": "etuosa"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "front",
"word": "keula"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "front",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "testa"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "front",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "fronte"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"note": "of a ship",
"roman": "nos",
"sense": "front",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "нос"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "péred",
"sense": "front",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "пе́ред"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "perédnjaja částʹ",
"sense": "front",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "пере́дняя ча́сть"
}
],
"word": "fore"
}
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"English uncomparable adverbs",
"English uncountable nouns",
"Rhymes:English/ɔː(ɹ)",
"Rhymes:English/ɔː(ɹ)/1 syllable"
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{
"word": "back and fore"
},
{
"word": "fore and aft"
},
{
"word": "fore-and-aft"
},
{
"word": "fore-and-aft cap"
},
{
"word": "fore-and-after"
},
{
"word": "fore and aft rig"
},
{
"word": "fore-and-aft-rigged"
},
{
"word": "fore arm"
},
{
"word": "fore edge"
},
{
"word": "forehead"
},
{
"word": "foremost"
},
{
"word": "fore wing"
},
{
"word": "to the fore"
}
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"glosses": [
"In the part that precedes or goes first; opposed to aft, after, back, behind, etc."
],
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]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with obsolete senses"
],
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"Formerly; previously; afore."
],
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[
"afore",
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]
],
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"(obsolete) Formerly; previously; afore."
],
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"obsolete"
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{
"word": "aft#Adverb"
}
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],
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"In or towards the bows of a ship."
],
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[
"bow",
"bow"
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"ship",
"ship"
]
],
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"(nautical) In or towards the bows of a ship."
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"transport"
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}
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"Received-Pronunciation"
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"General-American"
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