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Definition of foreground:
Synonyms:
highlight, sidle up, play up, spotlight, shine up, suck up, cozy up, cotton up.
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front (part of speech: noun)
- nearness,
- prominence,
- adjacency,
- contiguity,
- immediate survey,
- anteriority,
- nearer view,
- immediate prospect,
- fore,
- proximity,
- forefront,
- purview,
- view,
- propinquity
Usage examples:
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The mass of rock in the foreground is Pisgah.
- "Climbing in The British Isles. Vol. 1 - England", W. P. Haskett Smith. -
A drop- scene fell; the stage was transformed, for, in the middle distance, swelling green hills rose against a soft blue sky seen between trees in the foreground.
- "Flamsted quarries", Mary E. Waller. -
In the foreground he usually introduced a few figures for romantic or classic association.
- "A Text-Book of the History of Painting", John C. Van Dyke.