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background
noun
1 background
A person's social heritage: previous experience or training.
Roget 196:
distance;
space
etc.
180;
remoteness,
farness†,
far-cry to;
longinquity†,
elongation;
offing,
background;
remote region;
removedness†;
parallax;
reach,
span,
stride.
outpost,
outskirt;
horizon;
aphelion;
foreign parts,
ultima Thule [Lat.],
ne plus ultra [Lat.],
antipodes;
long range,
giant's stride.
dispersion
etc.
73.
[units of distance]
length
etc.
200.
cosmic distance,
light-years.
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Roget 235:
rear,
back,
posteriority;
rear rank,
rear guard;
background,
hinterland.
occiput [Anat.],
nape,
chine;
heels;
tail,
rump,
croup,
buttock,
posteriors,
backside scut†,
breech,
dorsum,
loin;
dorsal region,
lumbar region;
hind quarters;
aitchbone†;
natch,
natch bone.
stern,
poop,
afterpart†,
heelpiece†,
crupper.
wake;
train
etc.
(sequence)
281.
reverse;
other side of the shield.
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Dutch: achtergrond, background
2 background
The part of a scene (or picture) that lies behind objects in the foreground:
— He posed her against a background of rolling hills.
synonym: ground.
Dutch: achtergrond, background, toneel
Polish: tło
3 background
Information that is essential to understanding a situation or problem:
— The embassy filled him in on the background of the incident.
synonym: background knowledge.
4 background
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.
synonym: background signal.
5 background
Relatively unimportant or inconspicuous accompanying situation.
6 background
The state of the environment in which a situation exists.
synonyms: scope, setting.
7 background
computer science The area of the screen in graphical user interfaces against which icons and windows appear.
synonyms: desktop, screen background.
Dutch: bureaublad, desktop
Polish: pulpit
8 background
Scenery hung at back of stage.
synonyms: backcloth, backdrop.
Dutch: achtergrond
Polish: horyzont
verb
1 background
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