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    background

    background - Dictionary definition and meaning for word background

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

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