How do you use Foreground in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like view or spotlight, plus the exact meaning.
Foreground in a sentence
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Foreground meaning
- 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.
Synonyms of Foreground
Using Foreground
- The main meaning on this page is: 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.
- Useful related words include: view, play down, set off, bring out.
- In the example corpus, foreground often appears in combinations such as: the foreground, foreground and, foreground is.
Context around Foreground
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 10 start, 1 middle, 9 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Foreground
- In this selection, "foreground" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 24.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, left, background, featuring, scheduling, task and public stand out and add context to how "foreground" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include in the foreground and 50 featuring foreground animals that. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "foreground" sits close to words such as altitudes, beethoven and begs, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with foreground
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Foreground grassy areas burned in the 2012 Holloway fire and have minimal shrub recovery. (14 words)
A large digital cube playing music videos can be seen in the library’s foreground. (15 words)
For better clipping, choose a photo with a clear object in the foreground and a solid background. (17 words)
In this Feb. 23, 1965, file photo, Wilson Baker, left foreground, public safety director, warns of the dangers of night demonstrations at the start of a march in Selma, Ala. Second from right foreground, is John Lewis of the Student Non-Violent Committee. (43 words)
For a clean division of foreground from background, it is also important that clothing and hair in the foreground shoot have a fairly simple silhouette, as fine details such as frizzy hair may not resolve properly. (36 words)
The evidence for Aelbert's evolution to foreground figure painter is in the production of some paintings from 1645-50 featuring foreground animals that do not fit with Jacob's style. (31 words)
Example sentences (20)
Background-foreground scheduling allowed low priority tasks CPU time when no foreground task needed to execute, and gave absolute priority within the foreground to threads/tasks with the highest priority.
In this Feb. 23, 1965, file photo, Wilson Baker, left foreground, public safety director, warns of the dangers of night demonstrations at the start of a march in Selma, Ala. Second from right foreground, is John Lewis of the Student Non-Violent Committee.
For a clean division of foreground from background, it is also important that clothing and hair in the foreground shoot have a fairly simple silhouette, as fine details such as frizzy hair may not resolve properly.
In the left foreground is Leipziger Platz, while in the right foreground are parts of the Sony and Beisheim Centers.
The evidence for Aelbert's evolution to foreground figure painter is in the production of some paintings from 1645-50 featuring foreground animals that do not fit with Jacob's style.
A Google Earth image of Bass Point shows the Hanson quarry at centre, prior to the southern wall being built, and Bass Point reserve in foreground.
A large digital cube playing music videos can be seen in the library’s foreground.
All the corn fields in the foreground extending down to the buildings were part of the centuries-old Woolvers Dean farm (spellings vary) that was sold off in 1872.
Apparently, in Android 10 and later, an app can’t read the clipboard at all unless it’s running actively in the foreground.
But things might soon change for good with recently announcing in a blog post that 14 will reduce restrictions on foreground services and background processes.
Del Mar Garden Club volunteers Gale Darling (left) and Melissa Gans (right), with the new plants for the garden in the foreground.
Democrats in competitive states, and especially committed centrists like Sand, aren’t usually so eager to foreground abortion on the campaign trail.
Finally, Mucha caps off this fantastic illustration with a unique set of vibrant colors that help the subject really pop in contrast to the foreground and background elements.
For better clipping, choose a photo with a clear object in the foreground and a solid background.
Foreground from left: Wool as Jessica, Desmond Luis Edwards as Remy and Caesar Samayoa as Dr. Emilio Amigo (Caesar Samayoa), who runs a mental health center for autistic people.
Foreground grassy areas burned in the 2012 Holloway fire and have minimal shrub recovery.
One in the foreground lifts a rock to examine it while the other photographs the collection site in the background.
Paul Farley, foreground sweeps off debris from the M60A3 tank Monday morning in Veterans Memorial Park in Lewiston.
Railroad tracks can be seen embedded in the road, and a locomotive engine is visible in center foreground.
Scenarios of this kind might have been enacted or brought to the foreground in the recent joint exercises between China and Russia in the Sea of Japan.
Common combinations with foreground
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the foreground 124×
- foreground and 31×
- foreground is 11×
- in foreground 7×
- foreground with 7×
- left foreground 6×
- foreground of 6×
- foreground are 5×
- right foreground 4×
- foreground from 4×