1690s, "part of a landscape nearest the observer," from fore- + ground (n.). First used in English by Dryden ("Art of Painting"); compare Dutch voorgrond. Figurative use by 1816.
forefend
forefinger
forefront
forego
foregoing
foreground
forehand
forehead
foreign
foreigner
foreknowledge
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