Meaning of background

Definitions of background

1. [n] - extraneous signals that can be confused with the phenomenon to be observed or measured

2. [n] - relatively unimportant or inconspicuous accompanying situation

3. [n] - the part of a scene (or picture) that lies behind objects in the foreground

4. [n] - information that is essential to understanding a situation or problem

5. [n] - a person's social heritage: previous experience or training

6. [n] - (computer science) the area of the screen in graphical user interfaces against which icons and windows appear

7. [v] - understate the importance or quality of

1. he is a lawyer with a sports background

2. the embassy filled him in on the background of the incident

3. he posed her against a background of rolling hills

4. when the rain came he could hear the sound of thunder in the background

5. they got a bad connection and could hardly hear one another over the background signals

6. he played down his royal ancestry

background Synonyms

downplay

play down

background signal

ground

background knowledge

screen background

desktop

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