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Meaning of background in English
Pronunciation
/ˈbækˌɡraʊnd/
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Verb
background
Definitions
1.
understate the importance or quality of
Examples
« he played down his royal ancestry »
Antonyms
foreground
highlight
spotlight
play up
foreground
highlight
spotlight
play up
Noun
background
Definitions
1.
a person's social heritage: previous experience or training
Examples
« he is a lawyer with a sports background »
2.
the part of a scene (or picture) that lies behind objects in the foreground
Examples
« he posed her against a background of rolling hills »
3.
information that is essential to understanding a situation or problem
Examples
« the embassy filled him in on the background of the incident »
4.
extraneous signals that can be confused with the phenomenon to be observed or measured
Examples
« they got a bad connection and could hardly hear one another over the background signals »
5.
relatively unimportant or inconspicuous accompanying situation
Examples
« when the rain came he could hear the sound of thunder in the background »
6.
the state of the environment in which a situation exists
Examples
« you can't do that in a university setting »
7.
(computer science) the area of the screen in graphical user interfaces against which icons and windows appear
8.
scenery hung at back of stage