foreground
/ˈfɔː(ɹ)ˌɡɹaʊnd/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.26 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The elements of an image which lie closest to the picture plane.
noun
The subject of an image, often depicted at the bottom in a two-dimensional work.
noun
The application the user is currently interacting with; the application window that appears in front of all others.
verb
To place in the foreground (physically or metaphorically).
Example Sentences
- "Note the presence in the foreground of the fronds of ailanthus, often called “ghetto palm,” now ubiquitous in Baltimore but apparently already common in the 1930s."
- "Right from the start, The Irishman foregrounds the looming inevitability of death."
- "Things that were implicit and largely unjudged in the book, filtered through layers of stiff-upper-lip irony — Fanny’s self-pity, Linda’s obliviousness — are now foregrounded and, for the most part, rendered banal, with “Beaches”-level platitudes and sentimentality."
Etymology
Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /ˈfɔː(ɹ)ˌɡɹaʊnd/