foregroundnoun [ S ]
uk/ˈfɔː.ɡraʊnd/us/ˈfɔːr.ɡraʊnd/the foreground
the people, objects, countryside, etc. in a picture or photograph that seem nearest to you and form its main part:
In the foreground of the painting is a horse and cart.
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background noun
the area that is of most importance and activity, or that people pay attention to:
Historically, issues of this kind have not occupied the foreground of political debate.
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Photography
- airbrush
- aperture
- camera
- camera obscura
- camera-shy
- capture
- high-resolution
- hologram
- holography
- kinetoscope
- lo-res
- negative
- say cheese idiom
- selfie
- sharp
- shoot
- shutter
- slide
- SLR camera
- snapshot
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Pictures
Geography: scenery & views
Important and essential things
foregroundverb [ T ]
uk/ˈfɔː.ɡraʊnd/us/ˈfɔːr.ɡraʊnd/to give the most importance to a particular subject, etc.:
His speech foregrounded the history of the decision.
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Stressing & emphasizing
- accent
- accentuate
- drive
- emphasis
- emphatic
- freaking
- fronting
- gloss
- hammer
- hammer sth home idiom
- howling
- impress sth on/upon sb
- place
- play
- play sth up
- point
- point sth out
- point sth up
- should
- underline
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