background, n.
(backgrounds)
freq. cnt. 23
(backgrounds)
freq. cnt. 23
a person's social heritage: previous experience or training
<noun.attribute> freq. cnt.: 8 freq. cnt.: 8
background
sample sentences
"he is a lawyer with a sports background"
semantic pointers
hypernym
information that is essential to understanding a situation or problem
<noun.cognition> freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 5
background background knowledge
sample sentences
"the embassy filled him in on the background of the incident"
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
hypernym
the part of a scene (or picture) that lies behind objects in the foreground
<noun.cognition> freq. cnt.: 6 freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 1
background ground
sample sentences
"he posed her against a background of rolling hills"
semantic pointers
hypernym
relatively unimportant or inconspicuous accompanying situation
<noun.event> freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2
background
sample sentences
"when the rain came he could hear the sound of thunder in the background"
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
hypernym
extraneous signals that can be confused with the phenomenon to be observed or measured
<noun.event> freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2
background background signal
sample sentences
"they got a bad connection and could hardly hear one another over the background signals"
semantic pointers
hypernym
hyponym
the state of the environment in which a situation exists
<noun.state> freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1
background scope setting
sample sentences
"you can't do that in a university setting"
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
scenery hung at back of stage
<noun.artifact> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
backcloth backdrop background
semantic pointers
hypernym
(computer science) the area of the screen in graphical user interfaces against which icons and windows appear
<noun.artifact>
background desktop screen background