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