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background
/'bæk,graʊnd/
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  1. verb
    understate the importance or quality of

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    downplay play down
    Opposite:
    foreground
  2. noun
    the part of a scene (or picture) that lies behind objects in the foreground
    "he posed her against a background of rolling hills"

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    ground
  3. noun
    scenery hung at back of stage

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    backcloth backdrop
    type of:
    scenery scene
  4. noun
    (computer science) the area of the screen in graphical user interfaces against which icons and windows appear

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    desktop screen background
    type of:
    screen crt screen
  5. noun
    the state of the environment in which a situation exists

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    scope setting
    type of:
    environment
  6. noun
    information that is essential to understanding a situation or problem
    "the embassy filled him in on the background of the incident"

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    background knowledge
    type of:
    information
  7. noun
    extraneous signals that can be confused with the phenomenon to be observed or measured
    "they got a bad connection and could hardly hear one another over the background signals"

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    background signal
  8. noun
    a person's social heritage: previous experience or training
    "he is a lawyer with a sports background"
  9. noun
    relatively unimportant or inconspicuous accompanying situation
    "when the rain came he could hear the sound of thunder in the background"
Antonyms of background
foreground
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