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foreground Definition

fore·ground (fôr′gro̵und′)

noun

  1. the part of a scene, landscape, etc. nearest, or represented in perspective as nearest, to the viewer
  2. the most noticeable or conspicuous position

transitive verb

to bring to or place in the foreground; emphasize; highlight

foreground Synonyms

foreground

n.

front, fore, forefront, prominence, immediate prospect, nearer view, anteriority, proximity, propinquity, nearness, contiguity, adjacency, purview, immediate survey, view.

Antonyms background*, distance*, perspective.

foreground Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • shot: It was late in the day and I wanted to get the ripples of the sand in the foreground of the shot.
  • photograph: The defile in which St. Oswald's Gate lies is in the foreground of the photograph.
  • photo: I seem to remember seeing the name Norton on this house in the foreground of the photo.

Converse of object

  • occupy: In several of these paintings a sequence of flat, abutting, clearly differentiated shapes occupies the foreground.
  • dominate: Whence the concept of linear karma dominates the foreground of ethics.
  • fill: Clouds omitted, and foreground filled with many more figures; dogs in center, and drawn smaller.
  • leave: The main road through the Airbus complex is in the left foreground with Rodney works to the right.
  • set: Set a foreground color a little lighter than the lightest shade in your wood.

Adjective modifier

  • immediate: In the immediate right foreground is a tall man in black clothes with untidy blond hair.
  • left: The Slaughter Stone is visible in the left foreground.
  • dark: If blackout conditions cannot be achieved, a positive color scheme ( light background / dark foreground ) will work better.
  • right: In the right foreground a mother has to clean her crying child.

Modifies a noun

  • color: The text color is the foreground color from the menu.
  • pixel: Flood fill to foreground - PLOT 136 to 143 Flood fill starting at the given point and continuing until foreground pixels are found.
  • galaxy: The smaller object in the upper left of the image is a foreground galaxy.
  • color: Set the foreground color to the base color for your glass.
  • star: Analyzing how the magnified light from the background star changes allows the detection of planets orbiting the foreground star.
  • object: The only solution is to forsake some clarity around foreground objects to improve the appearance of the finished Picture.

Noun used with modifier

  • graphics: The line is drawn in the current graphics foreground color.
  • default: These are the default foreground colors 0 to 7 on ANSI terminals.