BACKGROUND
\bˈakɡɹa͡ʊnd], \bˈakɡɹaʊnd], \b_ˈa_k_ɡ_ɹ_aʊ_n_d]\
Definitions of BACKGROUND
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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information that is essential to understanding a situation or problem; "the embassy filled him in on the background of the incident"
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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"
By Princeton University
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information that is essential to understanding a situation or problem; "the embassy filled him in on the background of the incident"
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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"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Ground in the rear or behind, or in the distance, as opposed to the foreground, or the ground in front.
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The space which is behind and subordinate to a portrait or group of figures.
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Anything behind, serving as a foil; as, the statue had a background of red hangings.
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A place in obscurity or retirement, or out of sight.
By Oddity Software
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Ground in the rear or behind, or in the distance, as opposed to the foreground, or the ground in front.
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The space which is behind and subordinate to a portrait or group of figures.
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Anything behind, serving as a foil; as, the statue had a background of red hangings.
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A place in obscurity or retirement, or out of sight.
By Noah Webster.
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The distant portion of the landscape; the portion of a picture farthest away from the spectator, or lying between or above the chief figures; the whole of a surface upon which patterns or designs are executed; that which is dimly seen because it is far away; a place obscure or out of sight; that which is back of something and against which it can be looked at or viewed.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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The part of a picture which is represented as behind the principal objects; a subordinate position; obscurlty.
By James Champlin Fernald
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