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The definition of foreground is the area that is closest to the viewer.
(noun)A person posing in a picture in front of the Tower of London is an example of someone who is in the foreground.
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See foreground in Webster's New World College Dictionary
noun
- the part of a scene, landscape, etc. nearest, or represented in perspective as nearest, to the viewer
- the most noticeable or conspicuous position
transitive verb
to bring to or place in the foreground; emphasize; highlight
See foreground in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
- The part of a scene or picture that is nearest to and in front of the viewer.
- See forefront.
To place in the foreground; call attention to: “He is currently at work on a trilogy of pieces . . . which foreground the Algerian War” (Eleanor Heartney).
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