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Synonyms for foreground
ˈfɔrˌgraʊnd, ˈfoʊr-fore·ground
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Princeton's WordNet
foregroundnoun
the part of a scene that is near the viewer
Antonyms:
background, downplay, play downforegroundverb
(computer science) a window for an active application
Antonyms:
downplay, background, play downforeground, highlight, spotlight, play upverb
move into the foreground to make more visible or prominent
"The introduction highlighted the speaker's distinguished career in linguistics"
Synonyms:
cozy up, play up, sidle up, suck up, highlight, cotton up, spotlight, shine upAntonyms:
play down, background, downplay
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How to use foreground in a sentence?
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.
German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble:
That is not in the foreground. What is in the foreground is what has been agreed last year must be implemented.
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.
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.
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?
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