Origin: Germanic Old English prefix
Foreground has 5 different meanings across 2 categories:
the part of a scene that is near the viewer
"The ancient ruins stood out sharply in the foreground while the misty mountains faded into the background."
(computer science) a window for an active application
"After minimizing the background music player, the video editor's timeline finally appeared in the foreground of her screen."
The elements of an image which lie closest to the picture plane.
"The vibrant flowers in the foreground make the distant mountains appear even smaller by comparison."
move into the foreground to make more visible or prominent
"The introduction highlighted the speaker's distinguished career in linguistics"
To place in the foreground (physically or metaphorically).
"The director asked the actor to step forward and take center stage so he would be the main focus of the scene."