foreground
nounEtymology
From fore- + ground. Compare Dutch voorgrond (“foreground”), German Vordergrund (“foreground”), Danish forgrund (“foreground”), Swedish förgrund (“foreground”), Norwegian forgrunn (“foreground”), Icelandic forgrunni (“foreground”).
Definitions
The elements of an image which lie closest to the picture plane.
- 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.
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 the user is currently interacting with; the application window that appears in front of all others.
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To place in the foreground (physically or metaphorically).
- Right from the start, The Irishman foregrounds the looming inevitability of death.
The neighborhood
- neighborbackground
- neighbormidground
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at foreground. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at foreground. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
10 hops · closes at foreground
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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