Definition of Background

Noun

• scenery hung at back of stage
  backdrop backcloth
• (computer science) the area of the screen in graphical user interfaces against which icons and windows appear
  desktop - screen background
• the state of the environment in which a situation exists
  "you can't do that in a university setting"
  setting scope
• relatively unimportant or inconspicuous accompanying situation
  "when the rain came he could hear the sound of thunder in the background"
  
• 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"
  - background signal
• information that is essential to understanding a situation or problem
  "the embassy filled him in on the background of the incident"
  - background knowledge
• the part of a scene (or picture) that lies behind objects in the foreground
  "he posed her against a background of rolling hills"
  ground
• a person's social heritage: previous experience or training
  "he is a lawyer with a sports background"
  

Verb

• understate the importance or quality of
  "he played down his royal ancestry"
  - play down downplay

Word games points for the Background

• Scrabble® score of the background (20)
• Word Chums® score of the background (28)
• Words With Friends® score of the background (25)

Unscramble background

441 unscramble word found using the letters background.

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