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. — Tamy
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. — Yorwba
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. — Yorwba
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