From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishto the foreto the foreIMPORTANTto or in a position of importance or influence Environmental issues came to the fore in the 1980s. The case brought to the fore a lot of racial tensions. → fore
Examples from the Corpus
brought to the fore• During these years of continual warfare, religious questions were seldom if ever brought to the fore.• On the contrary, it brought to the fore her inner resilience. 