English Online Dictionary. What means background? What does background mean?
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbæk.ɡɹaʊnd/, /ˈbækɹaʊnd/
Etymology 1
back + ground
Alternative forms
- back ground (obsolete)
Adjective
background (not comparable)
- Less important or less noticeable in a scene or system.
Antonyms
- conspicuous, foreground, forestanding, primary, prominent
Noun
background (countable and uncountable, plural backgrounds)
- One's social heritage, or previous life; what one did in the past.
- A part of the picture that depicts scenery to the rear or behind the main subject; context.
- (film) An extra who appears in the background, with no speaking role.
- Information relevant to the current situation about past events; history.
- A less important feature of scenery (as opposed to foreground).
- (computing) The image or color over which a computer's desktop items are shown (e.g. icons or application windows).
- (computing) A type of activity on a computer that is not normally visible to the user.
- (physics) Clipping of background radiation.
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
background (third-person singular simple present backgrounds, present participle backgrounding, simple past and past participle backgrounded)
- (transitive) To put in a position that is not prominent.
- Synonym: downplay
- (journalism) To gather and provide background information (on).
- (transitive) To increase the weight and immunity of (a calf) by feeding with forage and grains, as an intermediate stage in cattle production, between weaning and placement in a feedlot.
Etymology 2
Verb
background
- simple past and past participle of backgrind
Italian
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English background.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /beɡˈɡrawnd/
- Rhymes: -awnd
Noun
background m (invariable)
- cultural background (of a person)
Romanian
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English background.
Noun
background n (plural backgrounduri)
- background
- Synonyms: fundal, fond
Declension
Spanish
Noun
background m (plural backgrounds)
- background