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foreground
[ fawr-ground ]
noun
- the ground or parts situated, or represented as situated, in the front; the portion of a scene or picture nearest to the viewer ( background ).
- a prominent or important position; forefront.
verb (used with object)
- to put in the foreground:
The fact that the central character is Italian is not foregrounded.
foreground
/ ˈɔːˌɡʊԻ /
noun
- the part of a scene situated towards the front or nearest to the viewer
- the area of space in a perspective picture, depicted as nearest the viewer
- a conspicuous or active position
verb
- tr to emphasize (an issue, idea, or word)
Word History and Origins
Origin of foreground1
Example Sentences
Their communications strategy has foreground "Pride Puppy," a short storybook chronicling a family's day at a Pride parade.
Or perhaps better said, he has the disadvantage of his travails, mishaps and bad decisions occupying the foreground.
Still, his choice to foreground particular aesthetics makes it seem as if series creator Jonathan Tropper purposefully wants to stoke certain urges.
Zoom out and these pointillist patterns are colorful doubles of the black-and-white photographs of baobab trees mounted in the foreground.
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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