Usually means: Highlighting elements to emphasize importance.
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  1. foregrounding: Merriam-Webster
  2. foregrounding: Vocabulary.com
  3. foregrounding: Wordnik
  4. foregrounding: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  5. foregrounding: Wiktionary
  6. foregrounding: Dictionary.com
  7. Foregrounding: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. foregrounding: Rhymezone
  9. foregrounding: FreeDictionary.org
  10. foregrounding: Mnemonic Dictionary
  11. foregrounding: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. foregrounding: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wikipedia (Foregrounding)

noun:  a concept in literary studies that concerns making a linguistic utterance (word, clause, phrase, phoneme, etc.) stand out from the surrounding linguistic context, from given literary traditions, or from more urban knowledge.


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