Meaning of Foreground | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The elements of an image which lie closest to the picture plane.
2. The subject of an image, often depicted at the bottom in a two-dimensional work.
3. The application the user is currently interacting with; the application window that appears in front of all others.
   attributive, often

Equivalents

Examples

“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.”

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