Definitions for foreground
ˈfɔrˌgraʊnd, ˈfoʊr-fore·ground

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:1.7 / 3 votes

1. foregroundnoun

   the part of a scene that is near the viewer

2. foregroundverb

   (computer science) a window for an active application

3. foreground, highlight, spotlight, play upverb

   move into the foreground to make more visible or prominent

   "The introduction highlighted the speaker's distinguished career in linguistics"

WiktionaryRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. foregroundnoun

   The elements of an image which lie closest to the picture plane.

2. foregroundnoun

   The subject of an image, often depicted at the bottom in a two-dimensional work.

3. foregroundnoun

   the application the user is currently interacting with; the application window that appears in front of all others.

4. foregroundverb

   To place in the foreground (physically or metaphorically)

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Foregroundnoun

   The part of the field or expanse of a picture which seems to lie before the figures.

   Etymology: fore and ground.

   All agree that white can subsist on the foreground of the picture: the question therefore is to know, if it can equally be placed upon that which is backward, the light being universal, and the figures supposed in an open field. Dryden.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. foreground

   Foreground generally refers to the part of a view or scene that is closest to the observer or in front of everything else. It is often used in contrast to the 'background', which refers to the part of the scene or view that is farthest from the observer. This concept is commonly used in photography, art, and design. However, it can also be used metaphorically in different contexts to indicate something that is of most importance or prominence.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Foregroundnoun

   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

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Foreground

   fōr′grownd, n. the part of a picture nearest the observer's eye, as opposed to the background or distance.

The New Hacker's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. foreground

   [Unix; common] To bring a task to the top of one's stack for immediate processing, and hackers often use it in this sense for non-computer tasks. “If your presentation is due next week, I guess I'd better foreground writing up the design document.”Technically, on a timesharing system, a task executing in foreground is one able to accept input from and return output to the user; oppose background. Nowadays this term is primarily associated with Unix, but it appears first to have been used in this sense on OS/360. Normally, there is only one foreground task per terminal (or terminal window); having multiple processes simultaneously reading the keyboard is a good way to lose.

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How to pronounce foreground?

1. Alex

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Karen

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How to say foreground in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of foreground in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of foreground in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of foreground in a Sentence

1. Sachin Tendulkar:

   Any active sportsman has to be very focused; you've got to be in the right frame of mind. If your energy is diverted in various directions, you do not achieve the results. I need to know when to switch on and switch off: and the rest of the things happen around that. Cricket is in the foreground, the rest is in the background.

2. Adrian Hogan:

   Once I drew on the coffee cup, I filmed it and rotated the coffee cup at the same time, so you have the panorama of the background and the coffee cup in the foreground.

3. Francis M. Faber Jr.:

   Photographers often speak of subjects in the 'foreground' of a landscape scene. Has any famous photographer ever dared to venture to refer to a five, six or more 'grounds' in one of their developments?

4. Canada Governor Stephen Poloz:

   We estimate that it's a sort of a three-year period while the negatives are still ongoing in the background and the positives are emerging in the foreground.

5. Constantin Stanislavski:

   We have as many planes of speech as does a painting planes of perspective which create perspective in a phrase. The most important word stands out most vividly defined in the very foreground of the sound plane. Less important words create a series of deeper planes.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=foreground
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Foreground
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=foreground
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/foreground
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=foreground
7. ^ The New Hacker's Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/3008/3008-h/3008-h.htm#Foreground