Definitions for: Foreground


[n] (computer science) a window for an active application
[n] the part of a scene that is near the viewer
[v] move into the foreground to make more visible or prominent; "The introduction highlighted the speaker's distinguished career in linguistics"



Webster (1913) Definition: Fore"ground`, 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.

Synonyms: highlight, play up, spotlight

Antonyms: background, downplay, play down

See Also: aspect, bring out, CRT screen, panorama, prospect, scene, screen, set off, view, vista, window

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