Meaning of Background | Babel Free

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

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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