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How to pronounce foreground in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms highlight, play up, spotlight
Type of bring out, set off
Type Words
Type of window
Type Words
Type of scene, panorama, prospect, aspect, view, vista

Examples of foreground

foreground
The sharp foliage in the foreground makes a contrast with the hazy trees behind.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Looking at the silent, the dark space, the recessed, rather than the foreground.
From the theatlantic.com
The perspective is so compressed that the foreground and background nearly fuse.
From the denverpost.com
An urn with the ashes of her husband sits on the coffee table in the foreground.
From the thenewstribune.com
In his paintings, the subjects often stand in the foreground as if photographed.
From the en.wikipedia.org
I. M. Pei's pyramid now stands in the foreground, instead of the grove of trees.
From the en.wikipedia.org
In the foreground is one of 24 footings to which the structure will be attached.
From the heraldtribune.com
The demolition rubble in the foreground is the remains of Bristol Bath Road TMD.
From the en.wikipedia.org
A 9-volt PP3 transistor battery is in the center foreground for size comparison.
From the en.wikipedia.org
More examples
  • The part of a scene that is near the viewer
  • Move into the foreground to make more visible or prominent; "The introduction highlighted the speaker's distinguished career in linguistics"
  • (computer science) a window for an active application
  • The elements of an image which lie closest to the picture plane; The subject of an image, often depicted at the bottom in a two-dimensional work; the application the user is currently interacting with; the application window that appears in front of all others; To place in the foreground ( ...
  • The area in the image in front of the subjects closest to the photographer
  • The image or figure, as opposed to the background.
  • The part of an artwork that seems the closest to you.
  • Area in an image closer than the main subject.
  • A foreground program runs and interacts with the user. See Background.