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Background

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Definitions for Background

noun
a person's social heritage: previous experience or training
Examples
  1. he is a lawyer with a sports background
noun
the part of a scene (or picture) that lies behind objects in the foreground
Synonyms
ground
Examples
  1. he posed her against a background of rolling hills
noun
information that is essential to understanding a situation or problem
Synonyms
background knowledge
Examples
  1. the embassy filled him in on the background of the incident
noun
extraneous signals that can be confused with the phenomenon to be observed or measured
Synonyms
background signal
Examples
  1. they got a bad connection and could hardly hear one another over the background signals
noun
relatively unimportant or inconspicuous accompanying situation
Examples
  1. when the rain came he could hear the sound of thunder in the background
noun
the state of the environment in which a situation exists
Synonyms
setting scope
Examples
  1. you can't do that in a university setting
noun
(computer science) the area of the screen in graphical user interfaces against which icons and windows appear
Synonyms
desktop screen background
noun
scenery hung at back of stage
Synonyms
backdrop backcloth
verb
understate the importance or quality of
Synonyms
play down downplay
Examples
  1. he played down his royal ancestry

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