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1. (n.) background
the ground or parts, as of a scene, situated in the rear
2. background
the part of a painted or carved surface against which represented objects and forms are perceived or depicted.
3. background
one's origin, education, experience, etc., in relation to one's present character or status:
a religious background.
4. background
the social, historical, and other antecedents or causes of an event or condition:
the background of the war.
5. background
the set of conditions against which an occurrence is perceived.
6. background
Also called
7. background
intrusive sound or radiation that tends to interfere with the transmission or reception of electronic signals.
8. (adj.) background
of, pertaining to, or serving as a background:
background noise.
9. (v.t.) background
to supply a background for.
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| Definition of 'Background' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) background
a person's social heritage: previous experience or training
"he is a lawyer with a sports background"
2. (noun) 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. (noun) 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. (noun) 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. (noun) background
relatively unimportant or inconspicuous accompanying situation
"when the rain came he could hear the sound of thunder in the background"
6. (noun) setting, background, scope
the state of the environment in which a situation exists
"you can't do that in a university setting"
7. (noun) background, desktop, screen background
(computer science) the area of the screen in graphical user interfaces against which icons and windows appear
8. (verb) backdrop, background, backcloth
scenery hung at back of stage
9. (verb) background, play down, downplay
understate the importance or quality of
"he played down his royal ancestry"
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1. (noun) background
experiences sb has had, and the place and family sb comes from
She has a background in primary education.; people from different cultural backgrounds
2. background
≠ foreground
three figures in the background; to change the background on my computer
3. background
quiet sounds below the main sound
could hear voices in the background; background music/noise
4. background
a setting for an event or story
a story set against the background of the American Civil War
5. background
in the background
not being noticed
his assistant working quietly in the background
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| Definition of 'Background' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) Background
ground in the rear or behind, or in the distance, as opposed to the foreground, or the ground in front
2. (noun) Background
the space which is behind and subordinate to a portrait or group of figures
3. (noun) Background
anything behind, serving as a foil; as, the statue had a background of red hangings
4. (noun) Background
a place in obscurity or retirement, or out of sight
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| Definitions of 'Background' |
The New Hacker's Dictionary |
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1. Background
[common] To do a task in
background is to do it whenever
foreground matters are not claiming your undivided
attention, and to background
something means to relegate it to a lower priority. “For now, we'll
just print a list of nodes and links; I'm working on the graph-printing
problem in background.” Note that this implies ongoing activity but
at a reduced level or in spare time, in contrast to mainstream ‘back
burner’ (which connotes benign neglect until some future resumption
of activity). Some people prefer to use the term for processing that they
have queued up for their unconscious minds (a tack that one can often
fruitfully take upon encountering an obstacle in creative work). Compare
amp off, slopsucker.Technically, a task running in background is detached from the
terminal where it was started (and often running at a lower priority);
oppose foreground. Nowadays this term is primarily
associated with Unix, but it appears to have been
first used in this sense on OS/360.
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Sense: the space behind the principal or most important figures or objects of a picture etc
He always paints ships against a background of stormy skies; trees in the background of the picture.
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 Afrikaans: agtergrond |
 Arabic: خَلفيّه، خَلفِيَّة الصّور |
 Bulgarian: фон |
 Brazilian: fundo |
 Czech: pozadí |
 German: der Hintergrund |
 Danish: baggrund |
 Greek: φόντο |
 Spanish: fondo |
 Estonian: tagapõhi |
 Farsi: پس زمینه |
 Finnish: tausta |
 French: fond |
 Hebrew: רֶקָע |
 Hindi: पृष्ठभूमि |
 Croatian: pozadina |
 Hungarian: háttér |
 Indonesian: latar belakang |
 Icelandic: bakgrunnur |
 Italian: sfondo |
 Japanese: 背景 |
 Korean: 배경 |
 Lithuanian: fonas |
 Latvian: fons |
 Malay: latar belakang |
 Dutch: achtergrond |
 Norwegian: bakgrunn |
 Polish: tło |
 Persian: پس زمینه |
 Pashto: سابقه، تېر حال، پخوانۍ وض |
 Portuguese: fundo |
 Romanian: background, fundal |
 Russian: задний план |
 Slovak: pozadie |
 Slovenian: ozadje |
 Serbian: pozadina |
 Swedish: bakgrund |
 Thai: ฉากหลัง |
 Turkish: arka plan |
 Taiwanese: 背景 |
 Ukrainian: задній план, фон |
 Urdu: پس منظر |
 Vietnamese: nền |
 Chinese: 背景 |
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