10 letters · 15 points in Scrabble
noun the part of a scene that is near the viewer
noun (computer science) a window for an active application
verb move into the foreground to make more visible or prominent
originFrom fore- + ground. Compare Dutch voorgrond (“foreground”), German Vordergrund (“foreground”), Danish forgrund (“foreground”), Swedish förgrund (“foreground”), Norwegian forgrunn (“foreground”), Icelandic forgrunni (“foreground”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0