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backgrounds


 
  Troponyms  (hyponyms)  of  verb  background 
 
  1  sense  of  background 
 
  Sense  1 
  background,  play  down 
  =>  wave  off 
  =>  soft-pedal 
 
  Troponyms  (hyponyms)  of  verb  background 
 
  1  sense  of  background 
 
  Sense  1 
  background,  play  down 
  =>  wave  off 
  =>  soft-pedal 
 
  Entailment  of  verb  background 
 
 
  Synonyms/Hypernyms  (Ordered  by  Frequency)  of  verb  background 
 
  1  sense  of  background 
 
  Sense  1 
  background,  play  down 
  =>  stress,  emphasize,  emphasise,  punctuate,  accent,  accentuate 
 
  Familiarity  of  verb  background 
 
  background  used  as  a  verb  is  very  rare  (polysemy  count  =  1) 
 
  Synonyms  (Grouped  by  Similarity  of  Meaning)  of  verb  background 
 
  Sense  1 
  background,  play  down 
  =>  stress,  emphasize,  emphasise,  punctuate,  accent,  accentuate 
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  Grep  of  noun  background 
  background 
  background  knowledge 
  background  level 
  background  noise 
  background  processing 
  background  radiation 
  background  signal 
  backgrounder 
  backgrounding 
  screen  background 
 
  Overview  of  noun  background 
 
  The  noun  background  has  8  senses  (first  6  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (8)  background  --  (a  person's  social  heritage:  previous  experience  or  training;  "he  is  a  lawyer  with  a  sports  background") 
  2.  (6)  background,  ground  --  (the  part  of  a  scene  (or  picture)  that  lies  behind  objects  in  the  foreground;  "he  posed  her  against  a  background  of  rolling  hills") 
  3.  (5)  background,  background  knowledge  --  (information  that  is  essential  to  understanding  a  situation  or  problem;  "the  embassy  filled  him  in  on  the  background  of  the  incident") 
  4.  (2)  background,  background  signal  --  (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") 
  5.  (2)  background  --  (relatively  unimportant  or  inconspicuous  accompanying  situation:  "when  the  rain  came  he  could  hear  the  sound  of  thunder  in  the  background") 
  6.  (1)  setting,  background,  scope  --  (the  state  of  the  environment  in  which  a  situation  exists;  "you  can't  do  that  in  a  university  setting") 
  7.  background,  desktop,  screen  background  --  ((computer  science)  the  area  of  the  screen  in  graphical  user  interfaces  against  which  icons  and  windows  appear) 
  8.  backdrop,  background,  backcloth  --  (scenery  hung  at  back  of  stage) 
 
  Overview  of  verb  background 
 
  The  verb  background  has  1  sense  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  background,  play  down  --  (move  into  the  background;  "he  played  down  his  royal  ancestry") 
 
  Overview  of  noun  background 
 
  The  noun  background  has  8  senses  (first  6  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (8)  background  --  (a  person's  social  heritage:  previous  experience  or  training;  "he  is  a  lawyer  with  a  sports  background") 
  2.  (6)  background,  ground  --  (the  part  of  a  scene  (or  picture)  that  lies  behind  objects  in  the  foreground;  "he  posed  her  against  a  background  of  rolling  hills") 
  3.  (5)  background,  background  knowledge  --  (information  that  is  essential  to  understanding  a  situation  or  problem;  "the  embassy  filled  him  in  on  the  background  of  the  incident") 
  4.  (2)  background,  background  signal  --  (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") 
  5.  (2)  background  --  (relatively  unimportant  or  inconspicuous  accompanying  situation:  "when  the  rain  came  he  could  hear  the  sound  of  thunder  in  the  background") 
  6.  (1)  setting,  background,  scope  --  (the  state  of  the  environment  in  which  a  situation  exists;  "you  can't  do  that  in  a  university  setting") 
  7.  background,  desktop,  screen  background  --  ((computer  science)  the  area  of  the  screen  in  graphical  user  interfaces  against  which  icons  and  windows  appear) 
  8.  backdrop,  background,  backcloth  --  (scenery  hung  at  back  of  stage) 
 
  Overview  of  verb  background 
 
  The  verb  background  has  1  sense  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  background,  play  down  --  (move  into  the  background;  "he  played  down  his  royal  ancestry") 



backgrounds definition