Before
Before adverb - So as to precede something in order of time.
In the foreground and before are semantically related In some cases you can use "In the foreground" instead an adverb "Before".
In the foreground
Before and in the foreground are semantically related in in front or advance of topic. You can use "Before" instead an adverb phrase "In the foreground".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- first and before
- first and in the foreground
- forward and before
- forward and in the foreground
- leading and before
- leading and in the foreground
- onward and before
- onward and in the foreground
- foremost and before
- foremost and in the foreground
- ahead and before
- ahead and in the foreground
- precedent and before
- precedent and in the foreground
Both terms in one sentence
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Problem being, the very first of these arrows (before the player is made aware of their existence) is entirely blocked by a bush in the foreground.
Source: Obstructive Foreground -
More expensive cameos cameos involved appearing in the foreground and saying one or two lines before they went out.
Source: Red Shirt - In the prologue of Ori And The Blind Forest just before Naru's death, a shadowy spider-legged figure can be seen in the foreground.
Source: Chekhovs Gunman / Video Games
Cite this Source
In the foreground and Before. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 29, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/before/in_the_foreground
Before & In the foreground. N.p., 2016. Web. 29 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/before/in_the_foreground>.
In the foreground or Before. 2016. Accessed July 29, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/before/in_the_foreground.
