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Definitions of background from WordNet
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background (n.)
a person's social heritage: previous experience or training;
he is a lawyer with a sports background
background (n.)
information that is essential to understanding a situation or problem;
the embassy filled him in on the background of the incident
Synonyms: background knowledge
background (n.)
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
Synonyms: background signal
background (n.)
relatively unimportant or inconspicuous accompanying situation;
when the rain came he could hear the sound of thunder in the background
background (n.)
(computer science) the area of the screen in graphical user interfaces against which icons and windows appear;
background (n.)
scenery hung at back of stage;
background (n.)
the part of a scene (or picture) that lies behind objects in the foreground;
he posed her against a background of rolling hills
Synonyms: ground
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background (v.)
understate the importance or quality of;
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