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background
scenery hung at back of stage
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noun
scenery hung at back of stage
noun
(computer science) the area of the screen in graphical user interfaces against which icons and windows appear
noun
a person's social heritage: previous experience or training
“he is a lawyer with a sports background”
noun
information that is essential to understanding a situation or problem
“the embassy filled him in on the background of the incident”
noun
the part of a scene (or picture) that lies behind objects in the foreground
“he posed her against a background of rolling hills”
noun
relatively unimportant or inconspicuous accompanying situation
“when the rain came he could hear the sound of thunder in the background”
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”
noun
the state of the environment in which a situation exists
“you can't do that in a university setting”
verb
understate the importance or quality of
“he played down his royal ancestry”
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he is a lawyer with a sports background
the embassy filled him in on the background of the incident
he posed her against a background of rolling hills
when the rain came he could hear the sound of thunder in the background
they got a bad connection and could hardly hear one another over the background signals
you can't do that in a university setting
he played down his royal ancestry
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