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Foreground (Noun)

The part of a scene that is near the viewer.

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents.

The flowers in the foreground of the painting caught my eye immediately.
In the photo, the street performers in the foreground were overshadowed by the grand buildings in the background.
The director positioned the actors in the foreground to draw attention to their conversation.
The beautiful landscape was ruined by the big, ugly building in the foreground.
On the television set, the news anchor sat in the foreground while the city skyline was visible through the window behind her.

(computer science) a window for an active application.

Nouns denoting man-made objects.

The operating system brings the currently active application to the foreground for user interaction.
When the user clicks on an icon, its corresponding application window moves to the foreground.
The foreground window receives keyboard and mouse input from the user.
The window manager switches the foreground window in response to user actions, such as clicking or pressing a keyboard shortcut.
Most desktop environments have a feature that allows the user to pin a window to the foreground.