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Pos: Noun
[WORDNET DICTIONARY]

Noun foreground has 2 senses

1.  foreground(n = noun.cognition) Array - the part of a scene that is near the viewer; Array
is a kind of
aspect, panorama, prospect, scene, view, vista
Derived form verb foreground1

2.  foreground(n = noun.artifact) Array - (computer science) a window for an active application; Array
is a kind of
window
is a part of crt screen, screen


Verb foreground has 1 senses

   foreground(v = verb.change) highlight, play up, spotlight - move into the foreground to make more visible or prominent; "The introduction highlighted the speaker's distinguished career in linguistics"
is one way to bring out, set off
Antonym: background
Derived form noun foreground1
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something


[CIDE DICTIONARY]

foreground, n.

   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. [1913 Webster]


[OXFORD DICTIONARY]

foreground, n.
1 the part of a view, esp. in a picture, that is nearest the observer.
2 the most conspicuous position.

Etymology:
Du. voorgrond (as FORE-, GROUND(1))


[ROGET DICTIONARY]

Front

N  front, fore, forepart, foreground, face, disk, disc, frontage, facade, proscenium, facia, frontispiece, anteriority, obverse (of a medal or coin), fore rank, front rank, van, vanguard, advanced guard, outpost, first line, scout, brow, forehead, visage, physiognomy, phiz, countenance, mut, rostrum, beak, bow, stem, prow, prore, jib, pioneer, metoposcopy, fore, anterior, front, frontal, before, in front, in the van, in advance, ahead, right ahead, forehead, foremost, in the foreground, in the lee of, before one's face, before one's eyes, face to face, vis-a-vis, front a front, formosa muta commendatio est, frons est animi janua, Human face divine, imago animi vultus est indices oculi, sea of upturned faces.


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