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backdrop, background, backcloth | scenery hung at back of stage | |
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background, desktop, screen background | [in computer_science] the area of the screen in graphical user interfaces against which icons and windows appear | |
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setting, background, scope | the state of the environment in which a situation exists | |
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background | relatively unimportant or inconspicuous accompanying situation | |
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background, play down, downplay | understate the importance or quality of | |
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background, background knowledge | information that is essential to understanding a situation or problem | |
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background, ground | the part of a scene (or picture) that lies behind objects in the foreground | |
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background | a person's social heritage: previous experience or training | |
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background, background signal | extraneous signals that can be confused with the phenomenon to be observed or measured |