background
Meaning of background
noun
- the part of a picture, scene, or design that forms a setting for the main figures or objects, or appears furthest from the viewer.
the house stands against a background of sheltering trees
the word is written in white on a red background
- the circumstances or situation prevailing at a particular time or underlying a particular event.
the political and economic background
background information
- form a background to.
windswept land backgrounded by the Rockies
- provide with background.
the embassy backgrounded American reporters
Information about background
- The plural form of background is: backgrounds.
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Hyphenation of background
back-ground
- It consists of 2 syllables and 10 chars.
- background is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
background synonyms
Meaning ground:
Meaning setting:
Meaning desktop:
Meaning backdrop:
Meaning play down:
Meaning an essential supporting structure of a building, vehicle, or object:
Meaning the place where an incident in real life or fiction occurs or occurred:
Meaning a thing that forms a border or edging round an object:
Meaning a fact or condition connected with or relevant to an event or action:
Meaning the circumstances that form the setting for an event, statement, or idea, and in terms of which it can be fully understood:
Meaning the circumstances or factors affecting the way in which people live or work, especially with regard to their well-being:
Meaning a set of circumstances in which one finds oneself; a state of affairs:
Meaning the setting or conditions in which a particular activity is carried on:
Meaning a person's social environment:
Meaning a setting, in particular for a work of art or literature:
Meaning the pervading tone or mood of a place, situation, or creative work:
Meaning a circumstance, fact, or influence that contributes to a result:
Meaning the capacity to have an effect on the character, development, or behaviour of someone or something, or the effect itself:
background antonyms
Meaning the part of a view that is nearest to the observer, especially in a picture or photograph:
Meaning the side or part of an object that presents itself to view or that is normally seen or used first; the most forward part of something:
Translation of background
- French: fond
- Spanish: fondo
- Italian: sfondo, fondo, fondale
- Portuguese: fundo, profundidade
- German: hintergrund-
Words that rhyme with background
Bound, abound, airbound, barkbound, bound, brassbound, browbound, calfbound, casebound, chairbound, clothbound, coabound, creedbound, cropbound, deskbound, disbound, downbound, earthbound, eastbound, embound, fogbound, frostbound, handbound, hardbound, hidebound, homebound, hoofbound, housebound, icebound, inbound, ironbound, mawbound, mibound, misbound, musclebound, northbound, outbound, outrebound, overabound, overbound, paperbound, potbound, prebound, rainbound, rbound, rebound, rockbound, rootbound, seabound, shellbound
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