Thesaurus: background

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1. n. Ground in the rear or behind, or in the distance, as opposed to the foreground, or the ground in front.
2. n. The space which is behind and subordinate to a portrait or group of figures.
3. n. Anything behind, serving as a foil; as, the statue had a background of red hangings.
4. n. A place in obscurity or retirement, or out of sight.
5. n. a person's social heritage: previous experience or training
6. n. the part of a scene (or picture) that lies behind objects in the foreground
7. n. information that is essential to understanding a situation or problem
8. n. extraneous signals that can be confused with the phenomenon to be observed or measured
9. n. relatively unimportant or inconspicuous accompanying situation
10. n. the state of the environment in which a situation exists
11. n. (computer science) the area of the screen in graphical user interfaces against which icons and windows appear
12. n. scenery hung at back of stage