a person's social heritage: previous experience or training; "he is a lawyer with a sports background"
relatively unimportant or inconspicuous accompanying situation: "when the rain came he could hear the sound of thunder in the background"
information that is essential to understanding a situation or problem; "the embassy filled him in on the background of the incident"
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"
(computer science) the area of the screen in graphical user interfaces against which icons and windows appear
the part of a scene (or picture) that lies behind objects in the foreground; "he posed her against a background of rolling hillls"
move into the background; "he played down his royla ancestry"
the state of the environment in which a situation exists; "you can't do that in a university setting"
a person''s social heritage: previous experience or training; "he is a lawyer with a sports background"
the part of a scene (or picture) that lies behind objects in the foreground; "he posed her against a background of rolling hills"
relatively unimportant or inconspicuous accompanying situation; "when the rain came he could hear the sound of thunder in the background"
the state of the environment in which a situation exists; "you can''t do that in a university setting"
understate the importance or quality of; "he played down his royal ancestry"
a person's social heritage: previous experience or training
information that is essential to understanding a situation or problem
the part of a scene (or picture) that lies behind objects in the foreground
relatively unimportant or inconspicuous accompanying situation
extraneous signals that can be confused with the phenomenon to be observed or measured
the state of the environment in which a situation exists
