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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:
Examples of background
- "he posed her against a background of rolling hills"
- "the embassy filled him in on the background of the incident"
- "they got a bad connection and could hardly hear one another over the background signals"
- "he is a lawyer with a sports background"
- "when the rain came he could hear the sound of thunder in the background"