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background Definition
(n)
a
person
''
s
social
heritage
:
previous
experience
or
training
; "
he
is
a
lawyer
with
a
sports
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
"
(n)
information
that
is
essential
to
understanding
a
situation
or
problem
; "
the
embassy
filled
him
in
on
the
background
of
the
incident
"
(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
"
(n)
relatively
unimportant
or
inconspicuous
accompanying
situation
; "
when
the
rain
came
he
could
hear
the
sound
of
thunder
in
the
background
"
(n)
the
state
of
the
environment
in
which
a
situation
exists
; "
you
can
''
t
do
that
in
a
university
setting
"
(n) (
computer
science
)
the
area
of
the
screen
in
graphical
user
interfaces
against
which
icons
and
windows
appear
(n)
scenery
hung
at
back
of
stage
(v)
understate
the
importance
or
quality
of
; "
he
played
down
his
royal
ancestry
"
background Synonyms
backcloth
backdrop
background
background knowledge
background signal
desktop
downplay
ground
play down
scope
screen background
setting
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