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background
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[ noun ] a person's social heritage: previous experience or training
Examples "he is a lawyer with a sports background" Used in print (The New York Times,...)The 53 - year old Shea , a prominent corporation lawyer with a sports background , is generally recognized as the man most responsible_for the imminent return of a National_League club to New_York . (Tristram P. Coffin, "Folklore in the American Twentieth...)They have widely varying backgrounds and aims . Related terms |
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[ noun ] the part of a scene (or picture) that lies behind objects in the foreground
Synonyms Examples "he posed her against a background of rolling hills" Used in print (Clement Greenberg, "Collage" in his Art and...)The actual surface becomes both ground and background , and it turns_out - suddenly and paradoxically - that the only place left for a three-dimensional illusion is in_front of , upon , the surface . Related terms |
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[ noun ] information that is essential to understanding a situation or problem
Synonyms Examples "the embassy filled him in on the background of the incident" Used in print (Douglas Ashford, "Elections in Morocco: Progress...)As the background discussion indicated there were frequently expressed doubts that a government dominated_by either party could fairly administer elections . Related terms |
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[ noun ] extraneous signals that can be confused with the phenomenon to be observed or measured
Synonyms Examples "they got a bad connection and could hardly hear one another over the background signals" Used in print (James A. Ibers et al., "Proton magnetic resonance...)Background spectra were obtained in all cases . Corrections were applied for modulation broadening , apparatus background , and field shift . Related terms |
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[ noun ] relatively unimportant or inconspicuous accompanying situation
Examples : "when the rain came he could hear the sound of thunder in the background" Used in print (High Fidelity, 11:10...)In these readings , the double_bass is either kept discreetly in the background , or it is dressed in clown 's attire - the musical equivalent of a bull_in_a_china_shop . (Howard Nemerov, "Themes and Methods: The Early...)The monk Savonarola , brought over from the Renaissance and placed against the background of Munich at the turn_of_the_century , protests against the luxurious works displayed in the art shop of M._Bluthenzweig ; in particular against a Madonna portrayed in a voluptuous style and modeled , according_to gossip , upon the painter 's mistress . Related terms |
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[ noun ] the state of the environment in which a situation exists
Examples "you can't do that in a university setting" Used in print (Charles Wharton Stork, "Verner von Heidenstam"...)Some of the earlier episodes have touches of the supernatural , as suited to the legendary background . Related terms |
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[ verb ] understate the importance or quality of
Examples "he played down his royal ancestry" Related terms |
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[ noun ] (computer science) the area of the screen in graphical user interfaces against which icons and windows appear
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