foreground
/ˈfɔː(ɹ)ˌɡɹaʊnd/ noun B2- The elements of an image which lie closest to the picture plane.
- The subject of an image, often depicted at the bottom in a two-dimensional work.
- The application the user is currently interacting with; the application window that appears in front of all others.
Plural foregrounds
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Bertuccio planted an entirely bare court with poplars, large spreading sycamores to shade the different parts of the house, and in the foreground, instead of the usual paving-stones, half hidden by the grass, there extended a lawn but that morning laid down, and upon which the water was yet glistening.
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