Definitions

to the fore

ADJECTIVE

prominent

Synonyms

STRONGEST

outstanding

WEAK

arresting beetling bulging easily seen embossed extended extrusive eye-catching flashy hanging out hilly in the foreground jutting marked noticeable obtrusive obvious projecting pronounced protruding protrusive protuberant raised relieved remarkable rough rugged salient shooting out signal standing out striking unmistakable

Antonyms

WEAK

depressed inconspicuous invisible obscure obscured ordinary sunken

ADVERB

ahead

Synonyms

STRONGEST

advanced along before earlier forward

STRONG

beforehand forwards onward onwards

WEAK

advancing ante antecedently at an advantage at the head first fore foremost in the foreground in the lead leading on precedent precedently preceding previous progressing

Antonyms

STRONGEST

behind

ADVERB

forward

Synonyms

STRONGEST

ahead along onward out

STRONG

ante fore forth

WEAK

alee antecedently before beforehand in advance into prominence into view on precedently previous vanward

Antonyms

WEAK

back backward past

Example Sentences

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Young stars such as scrum-half Charlie Bracken, centre Olly Hartley and wings Tobias Elliot and Noah Caluori have been to the fore.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026

Another data issue came to the fore last week when Commerce published its January PCE reading.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026

The existential risks from AI advancements that are hammering the sector have come to the fore weeks after the companies reporting this week, including Salesforce and Workday, closed the books on their fourth-quarter activity.

From Barron's • Feb. 24, 2026

Just as early voting began this week, though, a tragic story involving a former Gonzales staffer from last year has come back to the fore.

From Slate • Feb. 21, 2026

But something else is implied, which comes to the fore if we ask ourselves what we mean when we say that something “has no style.”

From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson

to the fore

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