Foreground

English

Noun

Foreground (plural Foregrounds)

1. The elements of an image which lie closest to the picture plane.
2. The subject of an image, often depicted at the bottom in a two-dimensional work.
3. (computing) the application the user is currently interacting with; the application window that appears in front of all others.

Related terms

• background
• midground

Verb

Foreground (third-person singular simple present Foregrounds, present participle Foregrounding, simple past and past participle Foregrounded)

1. To place in the foreground (physically or metaphorically)

Thesaurus

anteriority, approach, approximation, bold front, brave face, brave front, closeness, confines, convergence, display, environs, facade, face, facet, facia, fore, forefront, forehand, foreland, forepart, forequarter, foreside, foreword, front, front elevation, front man, front matter, front page, front view, frontage, frontal, frontier, frontispiece, head, heading, immediacy, immediate foreground, lap, nearness, neighborhood, nighness, obverse, precinct, preface, prefix, priority, propinquity, proscenium, proximity, purlieus, vicinage, vicinity, window dressing

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈfɔː(ɹ)ˌɡɹaʊnd/ SAMPA: /"fO:(r)%graUnd/

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Translations

Noun

The elements of an image which lie closet to the picture plane

Finnish: etuala (fi) French: premier plan (fr) German: Vordergrund (de) Hungarian: előtér (hu)

Portuguese: primeiro plano Russian: передний план (ru) (perédnij plán) m. Spanish: primer plano