foreground

IPA: fˈɔrgraʊnd

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.
(computing, often attributive) The application the user is currently interacting with; the application window that appears in front of all others.

Examples of "foreground" in Sentences

The rectory is in the foreground.
The mainland is in the foreground.
A fallow field is visible in the foreground.
The foreground shows the mandrel for the base.
The quote is from the foreground of the image.
The subway station platform is in the foreground.
The straw in the foreground is basically transparent.
In the foreground is an armchair with orange upholstery.
The chair in the foreground is for the speaker of the senate.
Prominently displayed in the foreground is another Snoopy rod.
The clear port in the foreground allows the view of bearing lubricant.
In the foreground is a hand-carved statue from Ghana of a Sankofa bird.
Drying stage in foreground is floored Arikara fashion with a mat of willows.
In the foreground is the house with Frieda and Hattie sitting on the front steps.
I'm also willing to bet (read: positive) that the blurry "pen" in the foreground is a Wacom tablet pen, which normally wouldn't be on the front of a desk, as it's a graphic design pen used to write on computer tablets, not paper.
The large bottle in the foreground is a reference not so much to obstemiousness or moderate consumption, but rather to the fact that Rémy Martin (now Rémy Cointreau) were a loyal and longstanding client of Mallesons, and their proprietors, M. and Mme. André Hériard Dubreuil, old and generous family friends.