Background ¹

Definition: Ground in the rear or behind, or in the distance, as opposed to the foreground, or the ground in front.

Background ²

Definition: The space which is behind and subordinate to a portrait or group of figures.

Background ³

Definition: Anything behind, serving as a foil; as, the statue had a background of red hangings.

Background ⁴

Definition: A place in obscurity or retirement, or out of sight.

background ⁵

Definition: scenery hung at back of stage

background ⁶

Definition: (computer science) the area of the screen in graphical user interfaces against which icons and windows appear

background ⁷

Definition: a person''s social heritage: previous experience or training; "he is a lawyer with a sports background"

background ⁸

Definition: information that is essential to understanding a situation or problem; "the embassy filled him in on the background of the incident"

background ⁹

Definition: the part of a scene (or picture) that lies behind objects in the foreground; "he posed her against a background of rolling hills"

background ¹⁰

Definition: relatively unimportant or inconspicuous accompanying situation; "when the rain came he could hear the sound of thunder in the background"

background ¹¹

Definition: 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 ¹²

Definition: the state of the environment in which a situation exists; "you can''t do that in a university setting"

background ¹³

Definition: understate the importance or quality of; "he played down his royal ancestry"