Foreground

Noun1.foreground - the part of a scene that is near the viewer
panorama, vista, view, aspect, scene, prospect - the visual percept of a region; "the most desirable feature of the park are the beautiful views"
2.foreground - (computer science) a window for an active application
CRT 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
Verb1.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"
background, play down, downplay - understate the importance or quality of; "he played down his royal ancestry"

 

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