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English to English noun
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a person's social heritage: previous experience or training |  | Example: he is a lawyer with a sports background
source: wordnet30
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the part of a scene (or picture) that lies behind objects in the foreground | | Example: he posed her against a background of rolling hills
source: wordnet30
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information that is essential to understanding a situation or problem | | Example: the embassy filled him in on the background of the incident
source: wordnet30
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extraneous signals that can be confused with the phenomenon to be observed or measured | | Example: they got a bad connection and could hardly hear one another over the background signals
source: wordnet30
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relatively unimportant or inconspicuous accompanying situation | | Example: when the rain came he could hear the sound of thunder in the background
source: wordnet30
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the state of the environment in which a situation exists | | Example: you can't do that in a university setting
source: wordnet30
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(computer science) the area of the screen in graphical user interfaces against which icons and windows appear | | source: wordnet30
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scenery hung at back of stage | | source: wordnet30
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Ground in the rear or behind, or in the distance, as opposed to the foreground, or the ground in front. | | source: webster1913 verb
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understate the importance or quality of | | Example: he played down his royal ancestry
source: wordnet30
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