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foreground the area of space in a perspective picture, depicted as nearest the viewer foreground [′fȯr‚grau̇nd] (computer science) A program or process of high priority that utilizes machine facilities as needed, with less critical, background work performed in otherwise unused time.
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The book might have been better served if this problematic--the institutionalization and deployment of, and attitudes towards, international law--had been foregrounded. Foreground, used as a verb, is a favorite; something is foregrounded almost every third page. While social history foregrounded issues of class in relation to housing, the development of women's history from the late 1960s very considerably extended attention to the home in historical work and developed much rich literature. |
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