fore‧ground /ˈfɔːɡraʊnd $ ˈfɔːr-/ noun

1. the foreground the part of the view in a picture or a photograph that is closest to you when you are looking at it Antonym : background:
There were three figures in the foreground.

2. be in the foreground to be regarded as important and receive a lot of attention:
Education has been very much in the foreground recently.

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foreground
noun
VERB + FOREGROUND occupy A happy family occupies the foreground of the painting.
PREP. in the ~ This issue is very much in the foreground.

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