See foreground on Wiktionary
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"3": "",
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}
],
"etymology_text": "From fore- + ground. Compare Dutch voorgrond (“foreground”), German Vordergrund (“foreground”), Danish forgrund (“foreground”), Swedish förgrund (“foreground”), Norwegian forgrunn (“foreground”), Icelandic forgrunni (“foreground”).",
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"tags": [
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}
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"word": "background"
},
{
"word": "midground"
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"ref": "2006, Mark Chalkley, Hampden-Woodberry:",
"text": "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.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
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"The elements of an image which lie closest to the picture plane."
],
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},
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"The subject of an image, often depicted at the bottom in a two-dimensional work."
],
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]
]
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"computing",
"computing#Noun"
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"(computing, often attributive) The application the user is currently interacting with; the application window that appears in front of all others."
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"ipa": "/ˈfɔː(ɹ)ˌɡɹaʊnd/",
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"UK"
]
},
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "préden plan",
"sense": "the elements of an image which lie closest to the picture plane",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "пре́ден план"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "qiánjǐng",
"sense": "the elements of an image which lie closest to the picture plane",
"word": "前景"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "the elements of an image which lie closest to the picture plane",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "popředí"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "the elements of an image which lie closest to the picture plane",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "voorgrond"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "the elements of an image which lie closest to the picture plane",
"word": "etuala"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "the elements of an image which lie closest to the picture plane",
"word": "edusta"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "the elements of an image which lie closest to the picture plane",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "premier plan"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "the elements of an image which lie closest to the picture plane",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "avant-plan"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "the elements of an image which lie closest to the picture plane",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Vordergrund"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "proskínio",
"sense": "the elements of an image which lie closest to the picture plane",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "προσκήνιο"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "the elements of an image which lie closest to the picture plane",
"word": "előtér"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "the elements of an image which lie closest to the picture plane",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "primo piano"
},
{
"alt": "ぜんけい",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "zenkei",
"sense": "the elements of an image which lie closest to the picture plane",
"word": "前景"
},
{
"alt": "前景",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "jeon'gyeong",
"sense": "the elements of an image which lie closest to the picture plane",
"word": "전경"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "the elements of an image which lie closest to the picture plane",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "primeiro plano"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "the elements of an image which lie closest to the picture plane",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "prim plan"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "perédnij plán",
"sense": "the elements of an image which lie closest to the picture plane",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "пере́дний пла́н"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "the elements of an image which lie closest to the picture plane",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "primer plano"
},
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "the elements of an image which lie closest to the picture plane",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "förgrund"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "perédnij plán",
"sense": "the elements of an image which lie closest to the picture plane",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "пере́дній пла́н"
},
{
"code": "wa",
"lang": "Walloon",
"sense": "the elements of an image which lie closest to the picture plane",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "divant-plan"
}
],
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}
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"Terms with Czech translations",
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"Terms with German translations",
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"Terms with Hungarian translations",
"Terms with Italian translations",
"Terms with Japanese translations",
"Terms with Korean translations",
"Terms with Mandarin translations",
"Terms with Portuguese translations",
"Terms with Romanian translations",
"Terms with Russian translations",
"Terms with Spanish translations",
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"args": {
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"4": "foreground"
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"expansion": "German Vordergrund (“foreground”)",
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"args": {
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"args": {
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"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "no",
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"3": "",
"4": "foreground"
},
"expansion": "Norwegian forgrunn (“foreground”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
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"3": "",
"4": "foreground"
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"expansion": "Icelandic forgrunni (“foreground”)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
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{
"form": "foregrounds",
"tags": [
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},
{
"form": "foregrounding",
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]
},
{
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]
},
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}
],
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"ref": "2019 October 31, A. A. Dowd, “Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro reunite for one last gripping crime epic, The Irishman”, in AV Club, archived from the original on 2020-08-21:",
"text": "Right from the start, The Irishman foregrounds the looming inevitability of death.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2021 July 29, Mike Hale, “Review: ‘The Pursuit of Love’ Against All Odds”, in The New York Times:",
"text": "Things that were implicit and largely unjudged in the book, filtered through layers of stiff-upper-lip irony — Fanny’s self-pity, Linda’s obliviousness — are now foregrounded and, for the most part, rendered banal, with “Beaches”-level platitudes and sentimentality.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To place in the foreground (physically or metaphorically)."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "highlight#Verb"
}
]
}
],
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"ipa": "/ˈfɔː(ɹ)ˌɡɹaʊnd/",
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"UK"
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},
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{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to place in the foreground (physically or metaphorically)",
"word": "előtérbe helyez/állít"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to place in the foreground (physically or metaphorically)",
"word": "kiemel"
}
],
"word": "foreground"
}
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