background

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Noun

background (plural backgrounds)

1. One's social heritage; what one did in the past/previously.

   The lawyer had a background in computer science.

2. A part of the picture that depicts scenery to the rear or behind the main subject; context.
3. Information relevant to the current situation about past events; history.
4. A less important feature of scenery (as opposed to foreground.)

   There was tons of noise in the background.

   The photographer let us pick a background for the portrait.

5. (computing) The image or color, over which a computer's desktop items are show (e.g. icons or application windows).
6. (computing) Activity on a computer that is not normally visible to the user

   The antivirus program is running in the background.

Translations

social heritage

Catalan: bagatge (ca) m. Finnish: tausta (fi) French: milieu (fr) m. German: Hintergrund (de) m. Hebrew: רקע (reqa) m. Irish: cúlra (ga) m. Italian: formazione (it) f., istruzione (it) m.

Polish: doświadczenie (pl) Portuguese: instrução (pt) f., formação (pt) f., experiência (pt) f. Russian: (origin) происхождение (ru) (proisxoždénije) n., (education) образование (ru) (obrazovánije) n., (training) подготовка (ru) (podgotóvka) f. Spanish: formación (es) f. Vietnamese: cơ sở (vi), nền (vi)

part of picture

Bulgarian: фон (bg), заден план (bg) Catalan: fons (ca) m. Chinese: Mandarin: 背景 (zh) (bèijǐng) French: arrière-plan (fr) m. German: Hintergrund (de) m. Hebrew: רקע (reqa) m. Italian: sfondo (it) m.

Japanese: 背景 (ja) (はいけい, haikei) Korean: 배경 (ko) (baegyeong) Polish: tło (pl) n. Portuguese: fundo (pt) m., plano de fundo (pt) Russian: фон (ru) (fón), задний план (ru) (zádnij plan) m. Spanish: fondo (es) m. Vietnamese: nền (vi)

relevant information

Catalan: antecedents (ca) m. pl. Chinese: Mandarin: 背景 (zh) (bèijǐng) Finnish: taustatieto German: Hintergrund (de) m. Hebrew: רקע (reqa) m. Italian: storia (it) f., antefatto (it) m. Japanese: 背景 (ja) (はいけい, haikei) Korean: 예비지식 (ko) (yebijisik)

Polish: kontekst (pl) m. Portuguese: antecedente (pt) m., histórico (pt) m. Russian: контекст (ru) (kontékst), предпосылка (ru) (predposýlka) f., подоплёка (ru) (podopljóka) f., предыстория (ru) (predystórija) f. Scottish Gaelic: cùl-fhiosrachadh (gd) m. Serbo-Croatian: kontekst (sh), pretpovijest (sh) Spanish: antecedente (es) m. Vietnamese: bối cảnh

less important feature

Chinese: Mandarin: 背景 (zh) (bèijǐng) French: fond (fr) m. German: Hintergrund (de) m. Hungarian: háttér (hu) Italian: secondo piano m. Japanese: 背景 (ja) (はいけい, haikei)

Korean: 배경 (ko) (baegyeong) Polish: drugi plan (pl), dalszy plan (pl) Portuguese: segundo plano m. Russian: фон (ru) (fón), задний план (ru) (zádnij plan) m. Spanish: segundo plano m. Vietnamese: nền (vi)

computer background

Finnish: taustaväri French: fond d'écran (fr) m. German: Schreibtischhintergrund (de) m. Italian: sfondo (it) m. Japanese: バックグラウンド (ja) (bakkuguraundo) Korean: 바탕색 (ko) (batangsaek)

Polish: tapeta (pl) f. Portuguese: plano de fundo m. Russian: фон (ru) (fon) m. Spanish: fondo (es) m. Vietnamese: hình nền

activity not visible to the user

Bulgarian: заден план (bg) Finnish: tausta (fi) Japanese: バックグラウンド (ja) (bakkuguraundo) Korean: 백그라운드 (ko) (baekgeuraundeu) Polish: tło (pl) n.

Portuguese: segundo plano m. Russian: фоновый режим (ru) (fónovyj režím) m. Spanish: segundo plano m. Vietnamese: nền (vi)

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Afrikaans: agtergrond

Verb

background (third-person singular simple present backgrounds, present participle backgrounding, simple past and past participle backgrounded)

1. To put in a position that is not prominent