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background::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | downplay, play down |
| Type of | accent, accentuate, emphasise, emphasize, punctuate, stress |
| Has types | wave off, soft-pedal |
background::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | desktop, screen background |
| Type of | screen, crt screen |
background::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | scope, setting |
| Type of | environment |
| Has types | showcase, canvass, canvas, show window |
background::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | background knowledge |
| Type of | information |
| Derivation | backgrounder |
the embassy filled him in on the background of the incident.
background::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | background signal |
| Type of | disturbance, noise, interference |
| Has types | background radiation, background noise, ground noise |
they got a bad connection and could hardly hear one another over the background signals.
background::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | heritage, inheritance |
he is a lawyer with a sports background.
background::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | accompaniment, attendant, co-occurrence, concomitant |
when the rain came he could hear the sound of thunder in the background.
Examples of background
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My background makes me approachable, and I want to listen and learn from people.
From the stltoday.com
He'd passed an instant background check as required, according to news accounts.
From the news-journalonline.com
Every Medical Facility will Run Their OWN background check before hiring anyone.
From the washingtontimes.com
Mike Munchak came from a humble background and a family with a solid work ethic.
From the tennessean.com
In the background is a portrait of Theodor Herzl, the founder of modern Zionism.
From the timesunion.com
If the background was blue, the monkeys were supposed to touch the larger array.
From the foxnews.com
Just a few months ago, bond insurers blended into the background of Wall Street.
From the businessweek.com
The explanation for the paradoxical effects of background noise remains unclear.
From the abcnews.go.com
Barney said his business background would be a valuable asset for the community.
From the sacbee.com
- A person's social heritage: previous experience or training; "he is a lawyer with a sports background"
- Understate the importance or quality of; "he played down his royal ancestry"
- 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"
- Background was the first LP released by Lifetime. It was recorded in 1992 and was originally released on January 1st, 1993 as New Age Records #15. The CD version was re-issued on July 1st, 1997 with 9 live bonus tracks. ...
- Prior art (also known as state of the art, which also has other meanings, or background art), in most systems of patent law, constitutes all information that has been made available to the public in any form before a given date that might be relevant to a patent's claims of originality. ...
- In astronomy, background commonly refers to the incoming light from an apparently empty part of the night sky.
