DICTOMETER

BACKGROUNDS

1. Synonyms:
   • Background
   Definitions:
   • a person's social heritage: previous experience or training
   Examples:
   • He is a lawyer with a sports background
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Background
   • Ground
   Definitions:
   • the part of a scene (or picture) that lies behind objects in the foreground
   Examples:
   • He posed her against a background of rolling hills
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Background
   • Background knowledge
   Definitions:
   • information that is essential to understanding a situation or problem
   Examples:
   • The embassy filled him in on the background of the incident
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Background
   • Background signal
   Definitions:
   • extraneous signals that can be confused with the phenomenon to be observed or measured
   Examples:
   • They got a bad connection and could hardly hear one another over the background signals
   
   
5. Synonyms:
   • Background
   Definitions:
   • relatively unimportant or inconspicuous accompanying situation
   Examples:
   • When the rain came he could hear the sound of thunder in the background
   
   
6. Synonyms:
   • Setting
   • Background
   • Scope
   Definitions:
   • the state of the environment in which a situation exists
   Examples:
   • You can't do that in a university setting
   
   
7. Synonyms:
   • Background
   • Desktop
   • Screen background
   Definitions:
   • (computer science) the area of the screen in graphical user interfaces against which icons and windows appear
   
   
8. Synonyms:
   • Backdrop
   • Background
   • Backcloth
   Definitions:
   • scenery hung at back of stage
   
   

1. Synonyms:
   • Background
   • Play down
   • Downplay
   Definitions:
   • understate the importance or quality of
   Examples:
   • He played down his royal ancestry
   Antonyms:
   foreground, highlight, spotlight, play up