to come to the fore

Examples

• All

• Different elements may come to the fore depending on the situation in which a person is placed.

  Academic text (2006)

• A new management paradigm, named Total Quality Management, is recently coming to the fore in schools.

  Academic text (2000)

• And maybe that will be a way for us to begin to think about your work and the way in which your voice and vision come to the fore in your art practice.

• In this scene, the classical aspects of Tom's character come to the fore.

  Academic text (2001)

• In those cases, the competing interests of democracy and federalism came to the fore.

  Academic text (2007)

• The idea of the learning community came to the fore in the late eighties and early nineties.

  Academic text (2005)

• John Muir's philosophy again came to the fore as a guiding beacon.

  Academic text (1991)

• There's this tension that has come to the fore between personal choice and bodily autonomy and public health.

  ReasonTV

• During times of economic hardship, economic rationales for eugenic control may come to the fore.

  Academic text (2011)

• In the recent debate, the issue of climate change finally came to the fore as a pressing concern for voters.

Synonyms

D

to draw attention

vsto come to the fore

71 2.5

To make people notice something or someone

become important or active rather than just attracting notice

M

to make a splash

vsto come to the fore

11 3.9

Get a lot of attention in an exciting way

become important or active without dramatic excitement or show

E

to enter the picture

vsto come to the fore

• Informal

5 5.3

To become part of a situation and start to change what happens

become prominent or important rather than merely involved

S

to step into the spotlight

vsto come to the fore

• Informal

1 5.1

Become the main focus of people's attention after doing something important

become important in a situation without gaining public fame

S

to step to the fore

vsto come to the fore

7.0

To offer to take charge of a group or task

often becomes noticeable without active volunteering or assumed responsibility

C

to catapult into the spotlight

vsto come to the fore

• Informal

6.8

Make someone suddenly very famous

become noticeable or important more gradually or naturally

Antonyms

F

to fade away

69 3.0

To become weaker and then disappear over time

How Prominent

center stage

• Informal

30 3.8

to dominate

213 3.8

to come to the fore

9 6.1

to emerge

604 4.0

to appear

873 1.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology