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verbunderstate the importance or quality ofOpposite:
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"he posed her against a background of rolling hills"nounthe part of a scene (or picture) that lies behind objects in the foreground
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nounscenery hung at back of stage
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noun(computer science) the area of the screen in graphical user interfaces against which icons and windows appear
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"the embassy filled him in on the background of the incident"nouninformation that is essential to understanding a situation or problem
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"they got a bad connection and could hardly hear one another over the background signals"nounextraneous signals that can be confused with the phenomenon to be observed or measured
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"he is a lawyer with a sports background"nouna person's social heritage: previous experience or trainingtype of:
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"when the rain came he could hear the sound of thunder in the background"nounrelatively unimportant or inconspicuous accompanying situationtype of:
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information scene ground view noise screen stress setting environment accent aspect inheritance attendant scenery interference heritage canvas scope disturbance prospect vista emphasize showcase backdrop canvass desktop panorama accompaniment accentuate emphasise downplay punctuate backgrounder concomitant play down wave off soft-pedal backcloth screen background crt screen show window background knowledge background signal background radiation background noise ground noise co-occurrence