foreground

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

fore·ground [foreground foregrounds foregrounded foregrounding] noun, verb BrE [ˈfɔːɡraʊnd] NAmE [ˈfɔːrɡraʊnd]
noun the foreground
1. countable, usually singular the part of a view, picture, etc. that is nearest to you when you look at it
•The figure in the foreground is the artist's mother.
2. singular an important position that is noticed by people
•Inflation and interest rates will be very much in the foreground of their election campaign.
compare ↑background

Word Origin:
late 17th cent.: from ↑fore- + ↑ground (noun), on the pattern of Dutch voorgrond.

Example Bank:
•This issue is very much in the foreground.
Idiom: ↑in the foreground
 
verb ~ sth
to give particular importance to sth
•The play foregrounds the relationship between father and daughter.
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
late 17th cent.: from ↑fore- + ↑ground (noun), on the pattern of Dutch voorgrond.
 

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  highlight, spotlight, play up
• Từ trái nghĩa / Antonyms:
  background, play down, downplay