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| 1. | [ noun ] a person's social heritage: previous experience or training | |
| Examples: | "he is a lawyer with a sports background" |
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| Related terms: | inheritance | |
| 2. | [ noun ] the part of a scene (or picture) that lies behind objects in the foreground | |
| Synonyms: | ground | |
| Examples: | "he posed her against a background of rolling hills" |
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| Related terms: | view | |
| 3. | [ noun ] information that is essential to understanding a situation or problem | |
| Synonyms: | background_knowledge | |
| Examples: | "the embassy filled him in on the background of the incident" |
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| Related terms: | information | |
| 4. | [ noun ] extraneous signals that can be confused with the phenomenon to be observed or measured | |
| Synonyms: | background_signal | |
| Examples: | "they got a bad connection and could hardly hear one another over the background signals" |
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| Related terms: | noise background_radiation background_noise | |
| 5. | [ noun ] relatively unimportant or inconspicuous accompanying situation | |
| Examples: | : "when the rain came he could hear the sound of thunder in the background" |
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| Related terms: | accompaniment | |
| 6. | [ noun ] the state of the environment in which a situation exists | |
| Synonyms: | setting scope | |
| Examples: | "you can't do that in a university setting" |
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| Related terms: | environment showcase canvas | |
| 7. | [ verb ] understate the importance or quality of | |
| Synonyms: | downplay play_down | |
| Examples: | "he played down his royal ancestry" |
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| Related terms: | foreground foreground stress emphasize play_down wave_off | |
| 8. | [ noun ] (computer science) the area of the screen in graphical user interfaces against which icons and windows appear | |
| Synonyms: | screen_background desktop | |
| Related terms: | screen computer_science | |
| 9. | [ noun ] (theater) scenery hung at back of stage | |
| Synonyms: | backdrop backcloth | |
| Related terms: | scenery | |
| Similar spelling: |
backgrounder backgrounding backroom back_room |
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