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Definition: Meaning of, background in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / ˈbakɡraʊnd /

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  1. [countable] someone's family, education, previous work etc
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  2. [uncountable and countable] the situation or past events that explain why something happens in the way that it does
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  3. [countable usually singular] the area that is behind the main thing that you are looking at, especially in a picture
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  4. [countable] the pattern or colour on top of which something has been drawn, printed etc
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  5. in the background someone who keeps or stays in the background tries not to be noticed
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  6. [uncountable and countable] the sounds that you can hear apart from the main thing that you are listening to
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background used in phrases

  • background knowledge (noun)
    1. information that is essential to understanding a situation or problem
  • background level (noun)
    1. the amplitude level of the undesired background noise
  • background music (noun)
    1. any music whose main function is to create an atmosphere rather than to have the audience's focus
  • background noise (noun)
    1. extraneous noise contaminating sound measurements that cannot be separated from the desired signal
  • background processing (noun)
    1. the execution of low priority programs while higher priority programs are not using the processing system
  • background radiation (noun)
    1. radiation coming from sources other than those being observed
  • background signal (noun)
    1. extraneous signals that can be confused with the phenomenon to be observed or measured
  • cosmic background radiation (noun)
    1. cosmology the cooled remnant of the hot big bang that fills the entire universe and can be observed today with an average temperature of about 2.725 kelvin
  • cosmic microwave background (noun)
    1. cosmology the cooled remnant of the hot big bang that fills the entire universe and can be observed today with an average temperature of about 2.725 kelvin
  • cosmic microwave background radiation (noun)
    1. cosmology the cooled remnant of the hot big bang that fills the entire universe and can be observed today with an average temperature of about 2.725 kelvin
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