FOREGROUND


Meaning of FOREGROUND in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ fɔ:(r)graʊnd ]

( foregrounds)

1.

The foreground of a picture or scene you are looking at is the part or area of it that appears nearest to you.

He is the bowler-hatted figure in the foreground of Orpen’s famous painting.

≠ background

N-VAR : oft in the N

2.

If something or someone is in the foreground , or comes to the foreground , they receive a lot of attention.

This is another worry that has come to the foreground in recent years.

N-SING : usu the N , oft in/to N

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