background
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Noun[edit]
background (plural backgrounds)
- One's social heritage; what one did in the past/previously.
- The lawyer had a background in computer science.
- A part of the picture that depicts scenery to the rear or behind the main subject; context.
- Information relevant to the current situation about past events; history.
- 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.
- (computing) The image or color, over which a computer's desktop items are shown (e.g. icons or application windows).
- (computing) Activity on a computer that is not normally visible to the user
- The antivirus program is running in the background.
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Translations[edit]
social heritage
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part of picture
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relevant information
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less important feature
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computer background
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activity not visible to the user
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Verb[edit]
background (third-person singular simple present backgrounds, present participle backgrounding, simple past and past participle backgrounded)
- To put in a position that is not prominent