Definition of Background

  • 1. A person's social heritage: previous experience or training Noun
  • 2. The part of a scene (or picture) that lies behind objects in the foreground Noun
  • 3. Information that is essential to understanding a situation or problem Noun
  • 4. Extraneous signals that can be confused with the phenomenon to be observed or measured Noun
  • 5. Relatively unimportant or inconspicuous accompanying situation Noun
  • 6. The state of the environment in which a situation exists Noun
  • 7. (computer science) the area of the screen in graphical user interfaces against which icons and windows appear Noun
  • 8. Scenery hung at back of stage Noun
  • 9. Understate the importance or quality of Verb

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