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foreground

[ fawr-ground ]

noun

  1. the ground or parts situated, or represented as situated, in the front; the portion of a scene or picture nearest to the viewer ( background ).
  2. a prominent or important position; forefront.


verb (used with object)

  1. to put in the foreground:

    The fact that the central character is Italian is not foregrounded.

foreground

/ ˈɔːˌɡʊԻ /

noun

  1. the part of a scene situated towards the front or nearest to the viewer
  2. the area of space in a perspective picture, depicted as nearest the viewer
  3. a conspicuous or active position
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. tr to emphasize (an issue, idea, or word)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of foreground1

First recorded in 1685–95; fore- + ground 1
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Their communications strategy has foreground "Pride Puppy," a short storybook chronicling a family's day at a Pride parade.

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Or perhaps better said, he has the disadvantage of his travails, mishaps and bad decisions occupying the foreground.

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Still, his choice to foreground particular aesthetics makes it seem as if series creator Jonathan Tropper purposefully wants to stoke certain urges.

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Zoom out and these pointillist patterns are colorful doubles of the black-and-white photographs of baobab trees mounted in the foreground.

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At the J. Paul Getty Museum, the first Los Angeles museum survey of Caillebotte’s paintings in 30 years brings the atypical subject to the foreground in engrossing ways.

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