foreground

fore·ground  (fôrground, fr-)

n.

1. The part of a scene or picture that is nearest to and in front of the viewer.

2. See forefront.

tr.v.

To place in the foreground; call attention to: "He is currently at work on a trilogy of pieces . . . which foreground the Algerian War" (Eleanor Heartney).

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foreground [ˈfɔːˌgraʊnd]

n

1. the part of a scene situated towards the front or nearest to the viewer

2. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Art Terms) the area of space in a perspective picture, depicted as nearest the viewer

3. a conspicuous or active position

vb

(tr) to emphasize (an issue, idea, or word)

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	foreground - the part of a scene that is near the viewer panorama, vista, view, aspect, scene, prospect - the visual percept of a region; "the most desirable feature of the park are the beautiful views"
	2.	foreground - (computer science) a window for an active application CRT screen, screen - the display that is electronically created on the surface of the large end of a cathode-ray tube window - (computer science) a rectangular part of a computer screen that contains a display different from the rest of the screen computer science, computing - the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures
Verb	1.	foreground - move into the foreground to make more visible or prominent; "The introduction highlighted the speaker's distinguished career in linguistics" highlight, play up, spotlight set off, bring out - direct attention to, as if by means of contrast; "This dress accentuates your nice figure!"; "I set off these words by brackets" background, play down, downplay - understate the importance or quality of; "he played down his royal ancestry"

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foreground

noun

1. front, focus, forefront the foreground of this boldly painted landscape

2. prominence, limelight, fore, forefront This worry has come to the foreground in recent years.

Translations

foreground [ˈfɔːgraʊnd]

A. N → primer plano m, primer término m
in the foreground (fig) → en primer plano or término

B. VT [+ object in photo, picture] → traer al primer plano (fig) [+ issue, problem] → destacar, subrayar

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foreground [ˈfɔː^rgraʊnd] n → premier plan m
in the foreground → au premier plan
to come to the foreground (= become prominent) → passer au premier plan
to put sth in the foreground (= make a priority) → mettre qch en avant foreground processing
foreground processing n → traitement m prioritaire

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foreground

n (Art, Phot, Comput) → Vordergrund m; in the foreground → im Vordergrund

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foreground [ˈfɔːˌgraʊnd]

1. n (Art) → primo piano
in the foreground (fig) → in una posizione di primo piano

2. adj (Comput) → foreground inv, di primo piano

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foreground [ˈfɔːˌgraʊnd]

1. n (Art) → primo piano
in the foreground (fig) → in una posizione di primo piano

2. adj (Comput) → foreground inv, di primo piano

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foreground

n foreground [ˈfoːgraund]

the part of a view or picture nearest to the person looking at it a landscape, with two horses in the foreground. voorgrond مُقَدِّمَة الصورَه، في طَليعَة преден план popředí forgrund der Vordergrund πρώτο πλάνο primer plano esiplaan پیش نما etuala premier plan קִדמַת הַתּמוּנָה अग्रभमि, महत्वपूर्ण स्थिति prednji dio (mjesto, prostor) előtér latar depan forgrunnur primo piano 前景 전경(前景) priešakinis planas priekšplāns latar depan voorgrond forgrunn pierwszy plan primeiro plano prim-plan передний план popredie ospredje prednji plan förgrund ทัศนียภาพที่อยู่ใกล้ที่สุด ön plân/alan 前景 передній план منظر کا وہ حصہ جو ناظر سے نزدیک تر ہو cận cảnh 前景

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foreground → أمامي popředí forgrund Vordergrund προσκήνιο primer plano etuala premier plan istaknutno mjesto in primo piano 前景 전경 voorgrond forgrunn pierwszy plan primeiro plano авансцена förgrund ทัศนียภาพที่อยู่ใกล้ที่สุด ön plan cận cảnh 前景