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The elements of an image which lie closest to the picture plane.
- Note the presence in the foreground of the fronds of ailanthus, often called “ghetto palm,” now ubiquitous in Baltimore but apparently already common in the 1930s.
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The subject of an image, often depicted at the bottom in a two-dimensional work.
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The application the user is currently interacting with; the application window that appears in front of all others.attributiveoften
foreground
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Level B2
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To place in the foreground (physically or metaphorically).
- Right from the start, The Irishman foregrounds the looming inevitability of death.