English to Persian Dictionary Online
Definition of "background"

background

Từ điển Collocation

background noun

¹ type of family/social class sb comes from

ADJ. broad, narrow It is important to have a broad educational background. | mixed | privileged, wealthy | deprived, disadvantaged, poor | middle class, upper class, working class | academic, class, cultural, educational, ethnic, family, military, professional, religious, social, socio-economic

VERB + BACKGROUND come from, have He came from a very privileged background. | be drawn from The students are drawn from very mixed social backgrounds.

BACKGROUND + VERB be in sth Her background was in biology and medicine.

PREP. from a ~ children from deprived backgrounds | with a ~ an economist with a background in business | ~ in

PHRASES a range/variety of backgrounds

² facts connected with a situation/event

ADJ. general | factual | cultural, economic, historical, political, technical

VERB + BACKGROUND describe, give (sb), outline, provide (sb with) The book provides the background to the revolution. | form Those discussions formed the background to the decision.

BACKGROUND + NOUN information, knowledge, reading background information on the country

PREP. against the ~ Against that general background I shall give you a more detailed view of current medical practice. | ~ to the technical background to the report

³ part of a view/picture behind the main parts

PREP. against a/the ~ The areas of water stood out against the dark background. | in the ~ The mountains in the background were capped with snow. | on a/the ~ bright blue on a red background

⁴ position in which sb/sth is not important/noticed

VERB + BACKGROUND blend into, fade into, melt/merge into, recede/retreat into, slip into The dispute over the new contract allowed her other problems to fade into the background. He had learnt how to melt invisibly into the background. | keep/remain/stay in He prefers to remain in the background and let his assistant deal with the press. | hover in I could see my secretary hovering in the background.

BACKGROUND + NOUN music, noise, radiation

PREP. in the ~ There was a radio on in the background.

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Từ điển WordNet

n.

• a person's social heritage: previous experience or training

  he is a lawyer with a sports background

• the part of a scene (or picture) that lies behind objects in the foreground; ground

  he posed her against a background of rolling hills

• information that is essential to understanding a situation or problem; background knowledge

  the embassy filled him in on the background of the incident

• extraneous signals that can be confused with the phenomenon to be observed or measured; background signal

  they got a bad connection and could hardly hear one another over the background signals

• relatively unimportant or inconspicuous accompanying situation

  when the rain came he could hear the sound of thunder in the background

• the state of the environment in which a situation exists; setting, scope

  you can't do that in a university setting

• (computer science) the area of the screen in graphical user interfaces against which icons and windows appear; desktop, screen background
• scenery hung at back of stage; backdrop, backcloth

v.

• understate the importance or quality of; play down, downplay

  he played down his royal ancestry

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Microsoft Computer Dictionary

adj. In the context of processes or tasks that are part of an operating system or program, operating without interaction with the user while the user is working on another task. Background processes or tasks are assigned a lower priority in the microprocessor’s allotment of time than foreground tasks and generally remain invisible to the user unless the user requests an update or brings the task to the foreground. Generally, only multitasking operating systems are able to support background processing. However, some operating systems that do not support multitasking may be able to perform one or more types of background tasks. For example, in the Apple Macintosh operating system running with multitasking turned off, the Background Printing option can be used to print documents while the user is doing other work. See also multitasking. Compare foreground1.n. 1. The color against which characters and graphics are displayed, such as a white background for black characters. Compare foreground2 (definition 1). 2. The colors, textures, patterns, and pictures that comprise the surface of the desktop, upon which icons, buttons, menu bars, and toolbars are situated. See also wallpaper. 3. The colors, textures, patterns, and pictures that comprise the surface of a Web page, upon which text, icons, graphics, buttons, and other items are situated. See also wallpaper. 4. The condition of an open but currently inactive window in a windowing environment. See also inactive window. Compare foreground2 (definition 2).

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English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary

backgrounds
syn.: experience knowledge practice training
ant.: forehand