foreground
The elements of an image which lie closest to the picture planeThe elements of an image which lie closest to the picture plane.
» The couch is in the foreground next to the table.
Die Couch befindet sich im Vordergrund neben dem Tisch.
Meaning
3 sensesThe elements of an image which lie closest to the picture plane.
Vordergrund
пере́дний пла́нperédnij plán
пере́дній пла́нperédnij plán
The subject of an image, often depicted at the bottom in a two-dimensional work.
(attributive, often)The application the user is currently interacting with; the application window that appears in front of all others.
(computer science) a window for an active application
Examples
5 sentencesThe couch is in the foreground next to the table.
deDie Couch befindet sich im Vordergrund neben dem Tisch.
In terms of themes, that movie put gender and sexuality at the foreground.
I usually keep the foreground color in my graphic design software set to white.
deIch stelle die Vordergrundfarbe in meinem Grafikprogramm normalerweise auf Weiß ein.
The man in the background is my grandfather, and my father is in the foreground.
deDer Mann im Hintergrund ist mein Großvater, und mein Vater ist im Vordergrund.
The foreground of the scene had grown funereally dark, and near objects put on the hues and shapes of chimaeras.
Translations
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Origin
From fore- + ground. Compare Dutch voorgrond (“foreground”), German Vordergrund (“foregrouFrom 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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Forms
plural: foregrounds| Singular | foreground |
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Word family
4 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- B1Describing a picture — Because the lesson uses it