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foreground

[fawr-ground] / ˈfɔrˌgraʊnd /


NOUN
prominent or important position
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While she records her show and listens to the files at her kitchen table, the camera stays focused on Evy in the foreground, shrouded by the dark foyer behind her.

From Salon • Mar. 15, 2026

It is also positioned so that telescopes in both hemispheres can observe it, and it lacks bright foreground objects that might block the view.

From Science Daily • Mar. 3, 2026

The foreground is a scar of denuded earth, storage tanks and bobbing pumpjacks — the legacy of oil discovered a century ago when only farmhouses were scattered over the surrounding flatlands.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 9, 2025

He used a different technique to capture the building in the foreground before blending the images together to create the final photograph.

From BBC • Nov. 1, 2025

But in the photograph, though the tree was in the foreground, there was a building in the background, and a sign near it.

From "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH" by Robert C. O'Brien