the part of a view, picture, etc. that is nearest to you when you look at it

an important position that is noticed by people

Inflation and interest rates will be very much in the foreground of their election campaign.

This issue is very much in the foreground.

used to refer to tasks or processes that the user is actively working on at the present time

Normally, the user runs the program in the foreground.

With this program, users can easily take control of foreground processes.

to give particular importance to something

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