| Noun | 1. | foreground - the part of a scene that is near the viewer | |
| 2. | foreground - (computer science) a window for an active applicationCRT screen, screen - display on the surface of the large end of a cathode-ray tube on which is electronically created window - (computer science) a rectangular part of a computer screen that contains a display different from the rest of the screen computer science, computing - the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures | |
| Verb | 1. | foreground - move into the foreground to make more visible or prominent; "The introduction highlighted the speaker's distinguished career in linguistics"set off, bring out - direct attention to, as if by means of contrast; "This dress accentuates your nice figure!"; "I set off these words by brackets" | |