English-Italian translations for foreground

• primo piano
  Gli sviluppi nell'ex Jugoslavia saranno in primo piano a Firenze. Developments in former Yugoslavia will be in the foreground at Florence.
  Per quanto riguarda il bilancio della Presidenza austriaca, in primo piano per me vi è, ovviamente, l’aspetto sociale. On the Austrian Presidency's balance sheet, the social aspect is, for me, obviously in the foreground.
  Dovremmo andare avanti con gli Stati Uniti, mantenendo sempre la questione dei diritti umani in primo piano. We should be going forward with the US, while naturally always keeping the issue of human rights in the foreground.

Definition of foreground

• The elements of an image which lie closest to the picture plane
• The application the user is currently interacting with; the application window that appears in front of all others
• To place in the foreground (physically or metaphorically

Related words

• forego
• foregone
• foregoing
• foregone conclusion