Background

Definitions

1. One's social heritage, or previous life; what one did in the past.
   countable, uncountable
2. A part of the picture that depicts scenery to the rear or behind the main subject; context.
   countable, uncountable
3. An extra who appears in the background, with no speaking role.
   countable, uncountable
4. Information relevant to the current situation about past events; history.
   countable, uncountable
5. A less important feature of scenery (as opposed to foreground).
   countable, uncountable
6. The image or color over which a computer's desktop items are shown (e.g. icons or application windows).
   countable, uncountable
7. A type of activity on a computer that is not normally visible to the user.
   countable, uncountable
8. Ellipsis of background radiation.
   abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable

Equivalents

40 more languages

العربيةالخلفيّةخلفية

Azərbaycan dilizəmin

Беларускаяпахо́джанне

Българскифон

Bosanskifondkontekstkulisapozadinapredznanjezaleđeконтекстпозадинапредзнањетло+ 7 more

Catalàbagatgefonsrerefons

Češtinakulisapozadí

Danskbaggrund

Ελληνικάβάθοςκαταγωγήυπόβαθροφόντο+ 1 more

Esperantofono

Suomihistoriataustataustatieto

Gàidhligcùl-fhiosrachadhcùlaibh

Galegosegundo plano

עבריתרקע

हिन्दीपृष्ठभूमि

Hrvatskifondkontekstkulisapozadinapredznanjezaleđeконтекстпозадинапредзнањетло+ 7 more

Magyarháttér

Հայերենֆոն

Bahasa Indonesiadasar

Italianoantecedenteantefattobackgroundbagaglio culturalecontestoesperienzaformazionein sordinaistruzionelegatoretaggiosecondo pianosfondosottofondostoria+ 12 more

日本語バックグラウンド後景背景

ಕನ್ನಡಹಿನ್ನೆಲೆ

한국어배경백그라운드예비지식이력+ 1 more

Kurdîkonteksttemelzemîn

Latinascaena

Македонскипозадина

मराठीपार्श्वभूमी

Bahasa Melayulatar belakang

Nederlandsachtergrond

Polskidoświadczeniedrugoplanowośćepizodycznośćkontekstpochodzenierealiatło+ 4 more

Portuguêsantecedenteexperiênciaformaçãofundohistóricoinstruçãoplano de fundosegundo plano+ 5 more

Românăfundal

Русскийбэкграундза́дний планконтекстобразованиеопытподготовкаподоплёкапредпосылкапредысторияпроисхождениефонфо́новый режи́м+ 9 more

Српскиfondkontekstkulisapozadinapredznanjezaleđeконтекстпозадинапредзнањетло+ 7 more

Svenskabakgrundfondförhistoriaskymundan+ 1 more

ไทยความเป็นมาฉากภูมิเบื้องหลัง+ 1 more

Tagalogsanligan

Türkçearkaarka plantemelzemin+ 1 more

Українськапоходженнятло

Tiếng Việtbối cảnhcơ sốgốc gácgốc tíchlai lịchlí lịchnềnnênxuất thân+ 6 more

Examples

“The lawyer had a background in computer science.”

“Earless ghost swift moths become⟳ “invisible” to echolocating bats by forming mating clusters close⟳[…]above vegetation and effectively blending into the clutter of echoes that the bat receives from the leaves and stems around them. Many insects probably use⟳ this strategy, which is a close⟳ analogy to crypsis in the visible world — camouflage and other methods for blending into one’s visual background.”

“There was tons of noise in the background.”

“The photographer let⟳ us pick⟳ a background for the portrait.”

“The antivirus program⟳ is running in the background.”

“low-background”

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