| foregroun | The couch is in the foreground next to the table. |
| foreground | (n) the part of a scene that is near the viewer |
| foreground | (n) (computer science) a window for an active application |
| foreground | (v) move into the foreground to make more visible or prominent, Syn. play up, highlight, spotlight, Ant. background, play down, Example: The introduction highlighted the speaker's distinguished career in linguistics |
| foreground processing | (n) the execution of a program that preempts the use of the processing system, Syn. foregrounding |
| 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 ] |