FOREGROUND

Pronunciation (US):

• FOREGROUND (noun)
  The noun FOREGROUND has 2 senses:

1. the part of a scene that is near the viewer
2. (computer science) a window for an active application

  Familiarity information: FOREGROUND used as a noun is rare.

• FOREGROUND (verb)
  The verb FOREGROUND has 1 sense:

1. move into the foreground to make more visible or prominent

  Familiarity information: FOREGROUND used as a verb is very rare.

• FOREGROUND (noun)

Meaning:

The part of a scene that is near the viewer

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("foreground" is a kind of...):

aspect; panorama; prospect; scene; view; vista (the visual percept of a region)

Meaning:

(computer science) a window for an active application

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("foreground" is a kind of...):

window ((computer science) a rectangular part of a computer screen that contains a display different from the rest of the screen)

Domain category:

computer science; computing (the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures)

Holonyms ("foreground" is a part of...):

CRT screen; screen (display on the surface of the large end of a cathode-ray tube on which is electronically created)

• FOREGROUND (verb)

Meaning:

Move into the foreground to make more visible or prominent

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

foreground; highlight; play up; spotlight

Context examples:

The introduction highlighted the speaker's distinguished career in linguistics / highlight the passage so that you can find it again when you open the book

Hypernyms (to "foreground" is one way to...):

bring out; set off (direct attention to, as if by means of contrast)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Antonym:

background (understate the importance or quality of)