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Definition of background in English: backgroundnoun ˈbakɡraʊndˈbækˌɡraʊnd 1The part of a picture, scene, or design that forms a setting for the main figures or objects, or appears furthest from the viewer. the house stands against a background of sheltering trees the word is written in white on a red background Synonyms surrounding(s), backdrop, backcloth, framework scene setting, surround, framework in the distance, on the horizon - 1.1 A less important or conspicuous position or function.
after that evening, she remained in the background Example sentencesExamples - There were other voices in the background: inconsequential static.
- Ideally, you should be quiet, in the background, unnoticed forever.
- However, they fail to provide any supplementary advice for the situation where the cook twiddles with a roast while the owner of the kitchen hangs around crossly in the background.
- They work in the background and their contribution invariably goes unnoticed.
- I think I heard something like a squeaky playground merry-go-round in the background, or maybe it was a squeaky gate door.
- With the theme tune in the background of your mind, it is just too much to handle!
- There is a whole system at work here, chugging along quietly in the background, unnoticed, and when you stop to think about it, its just awesome!
- When I arrived a few young women were tucking into some very well presented fare, as music played unobtrusively in the background.
- There were always a couple of them, with a scribe lurking unobtrusively in the background and taking notes in an indecipherable shorthand.
- The piano pieces during the film's second half sound a little thin even though they serve more as background than anything else.
- Now, I can see myself in that niche: I've always liked being the lieutenant who keeps things running smoothly in the background.
- When he was finish, the three friends sat in contemplative silence, the movie still playing unnoticed in the background.
- ‘It's not something that comes to the forefront, it's always in the background,’ he says.
- One or two big projects that I've had rumbling on in the background, not really my core job but those nice added extras that we'd all like to be able to play with, have finally come to fruition.
- ‘My style is that I would much rather work the phones in the background than make a lot of statements,’ he said.
- Over here there's a poker game, then there's this drunk that keeps coming into the room, and in the background there's a couple checking into the hotel.
- In the meantime you're hearing the music in the background.
- But Mitchell preferred to remain in the background, always giving credit to others.
- I listen to classical music played softly in the background.
- Surely, there had to be a highly developed public relations conspiracy orchestrated in the background.
Synonyms behind the scenes, out of the public eye, out of the spotlight, out of the limelight, backstage inconspicuous, unobtrusive, unnoticed - 1.2Computing Used in reference to tasks or processes that do not need input from the user.
programs can be left running in the background Example sentencesExamples - After that, the client software works in the background as a Windows service and watches your selected folders.
- Playback was smooth, even with tasks running in the background.
- Each test was done immediately following a reboot with no other software running in the background.
- You have to go into Windows Task Manager and terminate the background process for Outlook prior to starting a backup.
- A daemon is a program that runs quietly in the background and processes information on the computer automatically.
- 1.3Physics Low-intensity radiation from radioisotopes present in the natural environment.
Example sentencesExamples - Another line of evidence that the universe began is the cosmic radiation background.
- Each photon in the cosmic background, though, retained some clues about the time and place of its last scattering.
- 1.4 Unwanted signals, such as noise in the reception or recording of sound.
Example sentencesExamples - It's got to the point now where there are so many signs that they blur into a background hiss of white noise.
- But there was a background noise in the signal that just didn't go away, and they couldn't figure out how to get rid of it.
- The sound quality is poor here… in many instances the background noise overwhelms any dialogue.
- Because you listen to the tape as a lay person, there's no way that at the end of the tape the background noise could be a conversation.
- You don't need much here, but it is a documentary, so I was wary of background noise or dirty sound.
- Other little nuances like ambient sounds and background noises are also used productively and generously.
- Using technology to the fullest, the show uses a sound system for background noise.
- Although the performances are well done, the variation in recording quality and background noise is audible.
- Otherwise, this is a mostly front-heavy track that utilizes some ambient sounds or background noises.
- With the compression, you can hear the background noise in the recording and you hear when that noise stops at the end of the sample.
2The circumstances or situation prevailing at a particular time or underlying a particular event. the political and economic background as modifier background information Example sentencesExamples - The meeting will consist of a general introduction and background to the school from the headmaster and then a question and answer session.
- Due to the number of calls regarding this, I'm including a little background information on the situation.
- But there is an important background to some of these changes; people who are more affluent tend to move from vegetarian to meat-eating diets.
- For general background on intelligence, genes, and environment, I found the following useful.
- The content is written for a wide range of learners who have some background knowledge of general biology.
- Next there is the work done as a follow-up to classes or as part of the general background reading for the subject.
- Of course the general background of our history is European culture.
- Students prepared for the interviews by completing general background research.
- Before proceeding with the latest political scandal, here is some general background.
- He said the current round of negotiations had been understandably challenging, given the general economic background.
- The questions below include many from her work, as well as some more general cultural background questions.
- Against such a background of general connivance and betrayal, the few - very few - acts of genuine resistance stand out.
- I argue that business school will give them the general background they need to succeed.
- These organizations emerged against the background of a deepening economic and political crisis and an increasing entrenchment of racism.
- This sequence gives general background on the history of the Ring and helps to explain the story up until the point of the game's beginning.
- I was told to consult with Emile on general background or historical questions.
- But the background information about Yao Ming's upbringing is fascinating.
- Do read for general background the web pages of recognized investment experts.
- These changes serve as the background for the spread of crack cocaine in Germany as well.
- The book starts with a short introduction that explains the author's interest in this variation and some general background.
Synonyms circumstances, context, conditions, situation, environment, milieu, scene, scenario, framework, atmosphere factors, influences lead-up - 2.1 A person's education, experience, and social circumstances.
she has a background in nursing her voice suggested a tenacious, working-class background Example sentencesExamples - Her art background had given her an appreciation of Japanese woodblock prints.
- They come from different backgrounds, both social and cultural, and are united only by their religious mission.
- You can use your legal background and your position in the community to help inspire a moral rebirth in a society that condones bad things.
- One of the main aims of this project is not just to widen the cohort of volunteers, but also to make sure that young people of different social backgrounds can come together in a common experience.
- We all have different sensitivities, social backgrounds, families and different experiences of discipline and violence in real life.
- Yet the bitter 26-year feud that has divided them has its roots more in each man's very different personal and social backgrounds.
- This allows the work to bridge cultural difference, engaging - not distancing - viewers of varying backgrounds.
- Will they have extensive educational backgrounds and technical experience?
- His motivation was that there should be no barriers to people with different education background and solid banking experience.
- All faculty members regardless of cultural background can serve as a role model.
- Yet he struggled with contempt for his social background and deficient education.
- We're providing very little incentive for students from social and economically disadvantaged backgrounds to come into education.
- Common educational and social backgrounds have brought American and many foreign leaders closer.
- I am a personal chef/trainer in New York City with a background in sport nutrition and healthy cooking.
- She will blame the couple's very different social backgrounds for the differences that eventually led to the collapse of their marriage.
- Coming from a rural background, the city scenes ignited his imagination.
- With her arts management background, she also serves as a mentor and adviser for the staff in their artistic careers.
- Two people from two different backgrounds will likely experience a significant number of challenges and communication barriers.
- Furthermore, they come from three very different backgrounds and social settings, which lends depth and perspective to their accounts.
- It's a small but diverse business community but with a wealth of different backgrounds, strengths, experience and viewpoints.
Synonyms social circumstances, family circumstances environment, class, culture, tradition upbringing, rearing experience, record, history, past, training, education, grounding, knowledge qualifications, credentials Latin curriculum vitae
verbˈbakɡraʊnd [with object]1Form a background to. windswept land backgrounded by the Rockies Example sentencesExamples - And in the big sparse invisible drops that fall early, with no wind, the new rice dances jade and silver, backgrounded by a slanting late summer afternoon rain by Hokusai.
- The back cover, with what looks at first sight like a grainy shot of her as a poet-movie star is backgrounded by text.
- Here the split images, paralleling, fore- and backgrounding of the original dancers with the current ensemble, acted more as a commentary on the passage of time.
2Provide with background. the embassy backgrounded American reporters Example sentencesExamples - The magazine has a good article backgrounding a politician's use of internet networking.
- The first thing I would say is that it appears that a number of journalists have been backgrounded.
- It's no surprise that one is the first wife; she was out in the media in December and she's been backgrounding journalists ever since.
- It would have been better with more scene-setting, backgrounding and introduction of the personalities.
- I promise, I'll get to the story eventually; there just needs to be backgrounding here for those who aren't in the know and/or haven't worked at an animal hospital or been to a farm.
- In fact, in this case he was backgrounding journalists in the full knowledge of his departmental minders and masters.
- I still cringe at the memory of a gag I made on a policy while backgrounding a journalist before an interview that was turned into a very barbed question for my boss.
- This long campaign of leaking, backgrounding and sabotage would be legitimised.
- He introduces the letters with somewhat formal, at times clumsy, historical notes backgrounding the existing social and political conditions both in England and in New Zealand.
- A while back, Media Watch backgrounded the reason for the inquiry in light of the submissions to the Films, Videos, and Publications Classification Amendment Bill.
Definition of background in US English: backgroundnounˈbakˌɡroundˈbækˌɡraʊnd 1in singular The area or scenery behind the main object of contemplation, especially when perceived as a framework for it. the house stands against a background of sheltering trees Synonyms surrounding, surroundings, backdrop, backcloth, framework setting, surround, framework in the distance, on the horizon - 1.1 The part of a picture or design that serves as a setting to the main figures or objects, or that appears furthest from the viewer.
the background shows a landscape of domes and minarets the word is written in white on a red background Example sentencesExamples - His main characters are usually portrayed against huge backgrounds, maze-like cityscapes or walls of nameless faces.
- Rolls Royce, Toyota, Lexus, Land Rover, G.M., and Ford have all used some of my pictures for backgrounds.
- The backgrounds to these painterly gestures are done in brisk, wet, back-and-forth brushstrokes.
- Fragments of huge, white block letters painted on black backgrounds look like part of an abstract supergraphic design.
- The top lot was Andy Warhol's 1963 painting Liz, with a bright red background.
- The painted sheets, too, serve to unify the group with solid backgrounds of yellow, red and, for a few night scenes, black.
- Early Roman floor mosaics tended to have plain black figures and designs on white backgrounds.
- The flag's blue field serves as a background for the Great Seal of Guam, representing Guam's unity with the sea and the sky.
- Watson's more recent canvases team animals with still life scenes and unusual backgrounds.
- Except for the backgrounds, the three pictures are identical, so at least two have been altered.
- Painted against neutral, empty backgrounds, the figures appear to be watching the viewer.
- Also, the posters featured backgrounds showing European Art Deco.
- His foregrounds and figures are great, his backgrounds and brushwork not so great.
- White manipulates details and backgrounds to captivate the viewer's eyes as does the asymmetry of each painting.
- By contrast, all the other buildings in the background of the photo stood inert, like skyscraping tombstones.
- The paintings have transparently tinted backgrounds of red, yellow and pale blue, respectively.
- Then check out the photo booth where you can take a picture of yourself with the Tokyo skyline superimposed in the background.
- Finally, the girls had put together a scrap book, printing all of the pictures with blue backgrounds and black and white images.
- Pieces consists of a dark red background with dark green plantlike forms on top.
- Set against tonally contrasting backgrounds, the figures bear as much resemblance to ecclesiastical portraits as they do to the Grim Reaper.
- 1.2 A position or function that is not prominent or conspicuous.
after that evening, Athens remained in the background Example sentencesExamples - When I arrived a few young women were tucking into some very well presented fare, as music played unobtrusively in the background.
- But Mitchell preferred to remain in the background, always giving credit to others.
- They work in the background and their contribution invariably goes unnoticed.
- There is a whole system at work here, chugging along quietly in the background, unnoticed, and when you stop to think about it, its just awesome!
- Surely, there had to be a highly developed public relations conspiracy orchestrated in the background.
- I listen to classical music played softly in the background.
- The piano pieces during the film's second half sound a little thin even though they serve more as background than anything else.
- ‘My style is that I would much rather work the phones in the background than make a lot of statements,’ he said.
- One or two big projects that I've had rumbling on in the background, not really my core job but those nice added extras that we'd all like to be able to play with, have finally come to fruition.
- There were always a couple of them, with a scribe lurking unobtrusively in the background and taking notes in an indecipherable shorthand.
- When he was finish, the three friends sat in contemplative silence, the movie still playing unnoticed in the background.
- Now, I can see myself in that niche: I've always liked being the lieutenant who keeps things running smoothly in the background.
- Over here there's a poker game, then there's this drunk that keeps coming into the room, and in the background there's a couple checking into the hotel.
- Ideally, you should be quiet, in the background, unnoticed forever.
- However, they fail to provide any supplementary advice for the situation where the cook twiddles with a roast while the owner of the kitchen hangs around crossly in the background.
- ‘It's not something that comes to the forefront, it's always in the background,’ he says.
- In the meantime you're hearing the music in the background.
- There were other voices in the background: inconsequential static.
- With the theme tune in the background of your mind, it is just too much to handle!
- I think I heard something like a squeaky playground merry-go-round in the background, or maybe it was a squeaky gate door.
Synonyms behind the scenes, out of the public eye, out of the spotlight, out of the limelight, backstage - 1.3Computing Used to describe tasks or processes running on a computer that do not need input from the user.
programs can be left running in the background Example sentencesExamples - Playback was smooth, even with tasks running in the background.
- After that, the client software works in the background as a Windows service and watches your selected folders.
- A daemon is a program that runs quietly in the background and processes information on the computer automatically.
- You have to go into Windows Task Manager and terminate the background process for Outlook prior to starting a backup.
- Each test was done immediately following a reboot with no other software running in the background.
- 1.4Physics Low-intensity radiation from radioisotopes present in the natural environment.
Example sentencesExamples - Each photon in the cosmic background, though, retained some clues about the time and place of its last scattering.
- Another line of evidence that the universe began is the cosmic radiation background.
- 1.5 Unwanted signals, such as noise in the reception or recording of sound.
Example sentencesExamples - Other little nuances like ambient sounds and background noises are also used productively and generously.
- Using technology to the fullest, the show uses a sound system for background noise.
- With the compression, you can hear the background noise in the recording and you hear when that noise stops at the end of the sample.
- Because you listen to the tape as a lay person, there's no way that at the end of the tape the background noise could be a conversation.
- The sound quality is poor here… in many instances the background noise overwhelms any dialogue.
- But there was a background noise in the signal that just didn't go away, and they couldn't figure out how to get rid of it.
- You don't need much here, but it is a documentary, so I was wary of background noise or dirty sound.
- Although the performances are well done, the variation in recording quality and background noise is audible.
- It's got to the point now where there are so many signs that they blur into a background hiss of white noise.
- Otherwise, this is a mostly front-heavy track that utilizes some ambient sounds or background noises.
2The circumstances or situation prevailing at a particular time or underlying a particular event. the political and economic background as modifier background information Example sentencesExamples - I argue that business school will give them the general background they need to succeed.
- He said the current round of negotiations had been understandably challenging, given the general economic background.
- The meeting will consist of a general introduction and background to the school from the headmaster and then a question and answer session.
- I was told to consult with Emile on general background or historical questions.
- The questions below include many from her work, as well as some more general cultural background questions.
- Do read for general background the web pages of recognized investment experts.
- The content is written for a wide range of learners who have some background knowledge of general biology.
- Against such a background of general connivance and betrayal, the few - very few - acts of genuine resistance stand out.
- Before proceeding with the latest political scandal, here is some general background.
- The book starts with a short introduction that explains the author's interest in this variation and some general background.
- Due to the number of calls regarding this, I'm including a little background information on the situation.
- These organizations emerged against the background of a deepening economic and political crisis and an increasing entrenchment of racism.
- But the background information about Yao Ming's upbringing is fascinating.
- These changes serve as the background for the spread of crack cocaine in Germany as well.
- For general background on intelligence, genes, and environment, I found the following useful.
- Students prepared for the interviews by completing general background research.
- This sequence gives general background on the history of the Ring and helps to explain the story up until the point of the game's beginning.
- Next there is the work done as a follow-up to classes or as part of the general background reading for the subject.
- Of course the general background of our history is European culture.
- But there is an important background to some of these changes; people who are more affluent tend to move from vegetarian to meat-eating diets.
Synonyms circumstances, context, conditions, situation, environment, milieu, scene, scenario, framework, atmosphere - 2.1 A person's education, experience, and social circumstances.
she has a background in nursing a mix of students from many different backgrounds Example sentencesExamples - I am a personal chef/trainer in New York City with a background in sport nutrition and healthy cooking.
- She will blame the couple's very different social backgrounds for the differences that eventually led to the collapse of their marriage.
- With her arts management background, she also serves as a mentor and adviser for the staff in their artistic careers.
- Will they have extensive educational backgrounds and technical experience?
- Two people from two different backgrounds will likely experience a significant number of challenges and communication barriers.
- Common educational and social backgrounds have brought American and many foreign leaders closer.
- His motivation was that there should be no barriers to people with different education background and solid banking experience.
- They come from different backgrounds, both social and cultural, and are united only by their religious mission.
- You can use your legal background and your position in the community to help inspire a moral rebirth in a society that condones bad things.
- This allows the work to bridge cultural difference, engaging - not distancing - viewers of varying backgrounds.
- We all have different sensitivities, social backgrounds, families and different experiences of discipline and violence in real life.
- Yet the bitter 26-year feud that has divided them has its roots more in each man's very different personal and social backgrounds.
- Coming from a rural background, the city scenes ignited his imagination.
- It's a small but diverse business community but with a wealth of different backgrounds, strengths, experience and viewpoints.
- We're providing very little incentive for students from social and economically disadvantaged backgrounds to come into education.
- Yet he struggled with contempt for his social background and deficient education.
- Her art background had given her an appreciation of Japanese woodblock prints.
- Furthermore, they come from three very different backgrounds and social settings, which lends depth and perspective to their accounts.
- One of the main aims of this project is not just to widen the cohort of volunteers, but also to make sure that young people of different social backgrounds can come together in a common experience.
- All faculty members regardless of cultural background can serve as a role model.
Synonyms social circumstances, family circumstances experience, record, history, past, training, education, grounding, knowledge
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