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Definisjon av background

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WordNet WordNet by Princeton University

Noun
background - 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 signal
interference, noise, disturbance (American football) blocking a player's path with your body; "he ran interference for the quarterback"
background noise, ground noise extraneous noise contaminating sound measurements that cannot be separated from the desired signal
background - (computer science) the area of the screen in graphical user interfaces against which icons and windows appear
desktop, screen background
crt screen, screen a protective covering consisting of netting; can be mounted in a frame; "they put screens in the windows for protection against insects"; "a metal screen protected the observers"
background - information that is essential to understanding a situation or problem; "the embassy filled him in on the background of the incident"
background knowledge
information (communication theory) a numerical measure of the uncertainty of an outcome; "the signal contained thousands of bits of information"
background - relatively unimportant or inconspicuous accompanying situation; "when the rain came he could hear the sound of thunder in the background"
concomitant, co-occurrence, attendant, accompaniment a person who is present and participates in a meeting; "he was a regular attender at department meetings"; "the gathering satisfied both organizers and attendees"
background - a person's social heritage: previous experience or training; "he is a lawyer with a sports background"
background - the part of a scene (or picture) that lies behind objects in the foreground; "he posed her against a background of rolling hills"
ground
background - the state of the environment in which a situation exists; "you can't do that in a university setting"
setting, scope
environment the area in which something exists or lives; "the country--the flat agricultural surround"
canvas, canvass a heavy, closely woven fabric (used for clothing or chairs or sails or tents)
background - scenery hung at back of stage
backdrop, backcloth

Verb
background - understate the importance or quality of; "he played down his royal ancestry"
play down, downplay
foreground, highlight, play up, spotlight move into the foreground to make more visible or prominent; "The introduction highlighted the speaker's distinguished career in linguistics"
accent, accentuate, emphasise, emphasize, punctuate, stress insert punctuation marks into
wave off dismiss as insignificant; "He waved off suggestions of impropriety"
soft-pedal play down or obscure; "His advisers soft-pedaled the president's blunder"
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Substantiv
background - One's social heritage; what one did in the past/previously.
background - A part of the picture that depicts scenery to the rear or behind the main subject; context.
background - Information relevant to the current situation about past events; history.
background - A less important feature of scenery.
background - The image or color, over which a computer's desktop items are shown e. g. icons or application windows.
background - Activity on a computer that is not normally visible to the user.

Verb
background - To put in a position that is not prominent.

OmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

  • background
    That which is farthest away from the front.

Verb

  • Infinitiv: (to) background
  • Presens: background / backgrounds
  • Preteritum: backgrounded
  • Perfektum: (have) backgrounded

Substantiv

  • Entall: background
  • Flertall: backgrounds

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