foreground
English
Etymology
From fore- + ground. Compare Dutch voorgrond (“foreground”), German Vordergrund (“foreground”), Danish forgrund (“foreground”), Swedish förgrund (“foreground”), Norwegian forgrunn (“foreground”), Icelandic forgrunni (“foreground”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈfɔː(ɹ)ˌɡɹaʊnd/
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Noun
foreground (plural foregrounds)
- The elements of an image which lie closest to the picture plane.
- The subject of an image, often depicted at the bottom in a two-dimensional work.
- (computing, often attributive) The application the user is currently interacting with; the application window that appears in front of all others.
Related terms
- background
- midground
Translations
the elements of an image which lie closest to the picture plane
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Verb
foreground (third-person singular simple present foregrounds, present participle foregrounding, simple past and past participle foregrounded)
- To place in the foreground (physically or metaphorically).
- 2019 October 31, A. A. Dowd, “Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro reunite for one last gripping crime epic, The Irishman”, in AV Club:
- Right from the start, The Irishman foregrounds the looming inevitability of death.
- Synonym: highlight
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Translations
to place in the foreground (physically or metaphorically)
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