foreground Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun the part of a scene that is near the viewer
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noun (computer science) a window for an active application
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verb move into the foreground to make more visible or prominent
spotlight; play up; highlight.
- The introduction highlighted the speaker's distinguished career in linguistics
WordNet
Fore"ground` noun
Definitions
On a painting, and sometimes in a bas-relief, mosaic picture, or the like, that part of the scene represented, which is nearest to the spectator, and therefore occupies the lowest part of the work of art itself. Cf. Distance , n., 6.