Synonyms: backcloth, backdrop, background
Definition: scenery hung at back of stage
Definition: the painted structures of a stage set that are intended to suggest a particular locale
Usage: they worked all night painting the scenery
Synonyms: background, desktop, screen background
Definition: (computer science) the area of the screen in graphical user interfaces against which icons and windows appear
Similar words: screen, CRT screen
Definition: the display that is electronically created on the surface of the large end of a cathode-ray tube
Synonyms: background
Definition: a person's social heritage: previous experience or training
Usage: he is a lawyer with a sports background
Similar words: heritage, inheritance
Definition: any attribute or immaterial possession that is inherited from ancestors
Usage: my only inheritance was my mother's blessing; the world's heritage of knowledge
Synonyms: background, background knowledge
Definition: information that is essential to understanding a situation or problem
Usage: the embassy filled him in on the background of the incident
Similar words: information
Definition: knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction
Synonyms: background, ground
Definition: the part of a scene (or picture) that lies behind objects in the foreground
Usage: he posed her against a background of rolling hills
Similar words: scene, panorama, view, vista, prospect, aspect
Definition: the visual percept of a region
Usage: the most desirable feature of the park are the beautiful views
Synonyms: background
Definition: relatively unimportant or inconspicuous accompanying situation
Usage: when the rain came he could hear the sound of thunder in the background
Similar words: concomitant, accompaniment, attendant, co-occurrence
Definition: an event or situation that happens at the same time as or in connection with another
Synonyms: background, background signal
Definition: extraneous signals that can be confused with the phenomenon to be observed or measured
Usage: they got a bad connection and could hardly hear one another over the background signals
Similar words: interference, disturbance, noise
Definition: electrical or acoustic activity that can disturb communication
Synonyms: setting, scope, background
Definition: the state of the environment in which a situation exists
Usage: you can't do that in a university setting
Similar words: environment
Definition: the totality of surrounding conditions
Usage: he longed for the comfortable environment of his living room
Synonyms: downplay, play down, background
Definition: understate the importance or quality of
Usage: he played down his royal ancestry
Similar words: punctuate, accent, accentuate, stress, emphasise, emphasize
Definition: to stress, single out as important
Usage: Dr. Jones emphasizes exercise in addition to a change in diet