Definition of Background

Noun

  • scenery hung at back of stage
  • (computer science) the area of the screen in graphical user interfaces against which icons and windows appear
    - screen background
  • the state of the environment in which a situation exists
    "you can't do that in a university setting"
  • 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"
  • 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
Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.

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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